2 Timothy 1:12 (WEB)

Passage

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

2 Timothy 1:11 For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 1:12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

2 Timothy 1:13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "suffer", "things", "ashamed", "believed", "persuaded", "able", and "guard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "suffer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For this I was appointed as a..." into verse 13's "Hold the pattern of sound words which...", so "cause" and "suffer" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cause" and "suffer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.