2 Timothy 1:12

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Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

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  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”
  • Nah 1:7 : 7 The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day– and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.
  • 2 Tim 1:18 : 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.
  • Phil 3:10 : 10 My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,
  • Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, LORD, do not abandon those who seek your help.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!
  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hand I entrust my life; you will rescue me, O LORD, the faithful God.
  • Matt 24:36 : 36 Be Ready!“But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,
  • 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it. 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake. 21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • 1 Pet 4:16 : 16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.
  • 2 Tim 3:10-12 : 10 Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. 12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
  • 1 Thess 5:4 : 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.
  • Luke 10:12 : 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.
  • John 6:39-40 : 39 Now this is the will of the one who sent me– that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • John 6:44 : 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
  • John 17:11-12 : 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. 12 When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.
  • John 17:15 : 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:5-6 : 5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them, 6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
  • Acts 21:27-31 : 27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28 shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!” 29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) 30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
  • Acts 22:21-24 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’” 22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” 23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air, 24 the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 But the Sovereign LORD helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.
  • Matt 7:22 : 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
  • Matt 12:21 : 21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
  • Rom 5:4-5 : 4 and endurance, character, and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • Rom 9:33 : 33 just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • Rom 15:12-13 : 12 And again Isaiah says,“The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory. 13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
  • Eph 3:1-8 : 1 Paul’s Relationship to the Divine Mystery For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles 2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. 4 When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit), 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
  • Heb 2:18 : 18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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    27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.