2 Timothy 2:12 (WEB)

Passage

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:11 This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.”

2 Timothy 2:14 Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "endure", "reign", and "deny". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "endure" and "reign", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "This saying is trustworthy For if we..." into verse 13's "If we are faithless he remains faithful...", so "endure" and "reign" 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 "endure" and "reign" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.