2Ti 1:12 | RWP | e4.org | These things ( ταυτα ). His imprisonment in Rome. Yet I am not ashamed ( αλλ' ουκ επαισχυνομα ). Plain reference to the exhortation to Timothy in verse . Him whom I have believed ( ω πεπιστευκα ). Dative case of the relative ( ω ) with the perfect active of πιστευω , the antecedent to the relative not expressed. It is not an indirect question. Paul knows Jesus Christ whom he has trusted. I am persuaded ( πεπεισμα ). See verse . To guard ( φυλαξα ). First aorist active infinitive of φυλασσω , the very word used in with παραθηκην as here, to guard against robbery or any loss. That which I have committed unto him ( την παραθηκην μου ). Literally, "my deposit," as in a bank, the bank of heaven which no burglar can break ( .). See this word also in verse . Some MSS. have the more common παρακαταθηκη (a sort of double deposit, παρα , beside, down, κατα ). Against that day ( εις εκεινην την ημεραν ). The day of Christ's second coming. See also ; ; , and often in the Gospels. Elsewhere, the day of the Lord ( ; ; ; ), the day of Christ or Jesus Christ ( , ; ), the day ( ; ; ), the day of redemption ( ), the day of judgment ( , ).

‏ 2 Timothy 1:12

These things ( ταυτα ). His imprisonment in Rome.

Yet I am not ashamed ( αλλ' ουκ επαισχυνομα ). Plain reference to the exhortation to Timothy in verse 8.

Him whom I have believed ( ω πεπιστευκα ). Dative case of the relative ( ω ) with the perfect active of πιστευω, the antecedent to the relative not expressed. It is not an indirect question. Paul knows Jesus Christ whom he has trusted.

I am persuaded ( πεπεισμα ). See verse 5.

To guard ( φυλαξα ). First aorist active infinitive of φυλασσω, the very word used in 1Ti 6:20 with παραθηκην as here, to guard against robbery or any loss.

That which I have committed unto him ( την παραθηκην μου ). Literally, "my deposit," as in a bank, the bank of heaven which no burglar can break (Mt 6:19f.). See this word also in verse 14. Some MSS. have the more common παρακαταθηκη (a sort of double deposit, παρα, beside, down, κατα ).

Against that day ( εις εκεινην την ημεραν ). The day of Christ's second coming. See also 1:18; 4:8; 2Th 1:10, and often in the Gospels. Elsewhere, the day of the Lord (1Th 5:2; 2Th 2:2; 1Co 1:8; 2Co 1:14), the day of Christ or Jesus Christ (Php 1:6, 10; 2:16), the day (1Th 5:4; 1Co 3:13; Ro 13:12), the day of redemption (Eph 4:20), the day of judgment (Ro 2:5, 16).