2 Timothy 1:12
“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Paul suffers for the gospel without shame, confident that the One he trusts is able to guard what he has entrusted to Him until the final day.
What Does 2 Timothy 1:12 Mean?
Paul's imprisonment is the direct cost of his calling, yet he refuses shame. His confidence rests not on a set of ideas but on a Person: I know whom I have believed. He is sure that God can guard what he has placed in His hands until the day of Christ's return.
Notice that Paul does not say he knows what he has believed but whom. Faith here is trust in a living, faithful God. Whatever Paul has committed to God, whether his life, his ministry, or his very soul, he is persuaded it is safe. This is the quiet steel beneath his suffering. For the reader facing loss or fear, the verse points to the same anchor: not the strength of our grip on God, but the strength of His grip on us, holding secure all we entrust to Him.
In the Original Language
paratheke (παραθήκη), 'that which I have committed' -- a deposit entrusted for safekeeping, like valuables left in trustworthy hands.