2 Timothy 1:11-12

1:11 For this gospel ¹  I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. ²  1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. ³  But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set ⁴  and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me ⁵  until that day. ⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “for which.”

² tc Most mss (א² C D F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï latt sy co) have ἐθνῶν (eqnwn, “of the Gentiles”) after “teacher.” The shorter reading has poorer external credentials (א* A I 1175 pc), but is preferred because ἐθνῶν probably represents a gloss added by copyists familiar with 1 Tim 2:7. There is no easy explanation for the omission of the word if it were original here.

³ tn Grk “suffer these things.”

⁴ tn Or “in whom I have believed.”

⁵ sn What has been entrusted to me (Grk “my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life, destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]). The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.

⁶ sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).