2 Timothy 1:12 – I Know Whom I Have Believed | KJV Bible Study
Week 4 · Day 28-2 · 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV “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.” — 2 Timothy 1:12 KJV Second Timothy 1:12 is Paul's personal testimony of certainty — written from his second Roman imprisonment, chained, cold, deserted by many, facing imminent execution. And yet what emerges from the pen of this imprisoned apostle is not despair but one of the most unshakeable declarations of assurance in all of Scripture. The context is essential. Paul writes in verses 8-12 that Timothy should not be ashamed of the testimony of the Lord or of Paul his prisoner, because God has called them both according to His own purpose and grace — grace given in Christ Jesus before the world began. The calling of God predates time; it is grounded in the eternal purpose of God, not in the temporal circumstances of a Roman prison cell. Against this backdrop, Paul declares his own certa...