SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:12
Por lo cual así mismo padezco esto, pero no me avergenzo; porque yo s a quien he creído, y estoy cierto que es poderoso para guardar mi depsito para aquel día.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 1:12
Verse 12. I am not ashamed.] Though I suffer for the Gospel, I am not ashamed of the Gospel; nor am I confounded in my expectation; his grace being at all times sufficient for me. For I know whom I have believed] I am well acquainted with the goodness, mercy, and power of Christ; and know that I cannot confide in him in vain.
That which I have committed unto him] This is variously understood.
Some think he means his life, which he had put, as it were, into the hands of Christ, in order that he might receive it again, in the resurrection, at the great day. Others think he means his soul. This he had also given into the hands of his faithful Creator, knowing that although wicked men might be permitted to take away his life, yet they could not destroy his soul, nor disturb its peace. Others think that he is speaking of the Gospel, which he knows will be carefully preserved by the great Head of the Church; for, though he shall be soon called to seal the truth with his blood, yet he knows that God will take care that the same truth shall be proclaimed to the world by others, whom God shall raise up for that very purpose.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. For the which cause I also suffer these things , etc.] The present imprisonment and bonds in which he now was; these, with all the indignities, reproaches, distresses, and persecutions, came upon him, for the sake of his being a preacher of the Gospel; and particularly for his being a teacher of the Gentiles: the Jews hated him, and persecuted him, because he preached the Gospel, and the more because he preached it to the Gentiles, that they might be saved; and the unbelieving Gentiles were stirred up against him, for introducing a new religion among them, to the destruction of their idolatry and superstition; and the sufferings which he endured were many; and he was appointed to them, as well as to the Gospel, which he preached. Nevertheless I am not ashamed ; neither of the Gospel, and the truths and ordinances of it, for which he suffered; but he continued to own and confess it constantly, and to preach it boldly; none of these things moved him from it: nor of the sufferings he endured, for the sake of it; since they were not for murder, or theft, or sedition, or any enormity whatever, but in a good cause; wherefore he was so far from being ashamed of them, that he took pleasure in them, and gloried of them. Nor was he ashamed of Christ, whose Gospel he preached, and for whom he suffered; nor of his faith and hope in him. For it follows, for I know whom I have believed . A spiritual knowledge of Christ is necessary to faith in him: an unknown Christ cannot be the object of faith, though an unseen Christ, as to bodily sight, may be, and is. Knowledge and faith go together: they that truly know Christ, believe in him, and the more they know him, the more strongly do they believe in him: such who spiritually and savingly know Christ, have seen the glories of his person, and the fulness of his grace; and they approve of him, as their Saviour, being every way suitable to them, and disapprove of all others; they love him above all others, and with all their hearts; and they put their trust in him, and trust him with all they have; and they know whom they trust, what an able, willing, suitable, and complete Saviour he is. This knowledge which they have of him, is not from themselves, but from the Father, who reveals him to them, and in them; and from himself, who gives them an understanding that they may know him; and from the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: and be it more or less, it is practical, and leads to the discharge of duty, from a principle of love to Christ; and is of a soul humbling nature, and appropriates Christ to a man's self; and has always some degree of certainty in it; and though it is imperfect, it is progressive; and the least measure of it is saving, and has eternal life connected with it: and that faith which accompanies it, and terminates on the object known, is the grace, by which a man sees Christ in the riches of his grace; goes to him in a sense of need of him; lays hold upon him as a Saviour; receives and embraces him; commits its all unto him; trusts him with all; leans and lives upon him, and walks on in him till it receives the end of faith, even eternal salvation. And I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day . By that which he had committed to him is meant, not the great treasure of his labours and sufferings for Christ, as if he had deposited these in Christ's hands, in order to be brought forth at the great day of account to his advantage; for though his labours and sufferings were many, yet he always ascribed the strength by which he endured them to the grace of God; and he knew they were not worthy to be compared, nor made mention of, with the glory that was to be revealed in him. Rather this may be understood of the souls of those he had been instrumental in the converting of, whom he had commended to Christ, hoping to meet them as his joy and crown of rejoicing another day; though it seems best of all to interpret it either of his natural life, the care of which he had committed to Christ, and which he knew he was able to preserve, and would preserve for usefulness until the day appointed for his death; or rather his precious and immortal soul, and the eternal welfare and salvation of it: and the act of committing it to Christ, designs his giving himself to him, leaving himself with him, trusting in him for eternal life and salvation, believing he was able to save him to the uttermost; even unto the day of death, when he hoped to be with him, which is far better than to be in this world; and unto the day of the resurrection, when both soul and body will be glorified with him; and to the day of judgment, when the crown of righteousness will be received from his hands. And what might induce the apostle, and so any other believer, to conclude the ability of Christ to keep the souls of those that are committed to him, are, his proper deity, he having all the fulness of the Godhead, or the perfections of deity dwelling in him; his being the Creator and upholder of all things; his having accomplished the great work of redemption and salvation, by his own arm; his mediatorial fulness of grace and power; and his being trusted by his Father with all the persons, grace, and glory of the elect, to whom he has been faithful. And now the consideration of all this, as it was a support to the apostle, under all his afflictions, and sufferings for the Gospel, and in a view of death itself, so it may be, as it often has been, a relief to believers, under all the sorrows of this life, and in a prospect of death and eternity.
Philo the Jew speaks in like manner as the apostle here of parakatayhkh quchv , the depositum of the soul: though he knew not where to commit it for safety, as the apostle did, and every true believer does.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-14 - God has not given us the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, or courage and resolution, to meet difficulties and dangers; the spirit of love to him, which will carry us through opposition. And the spirit of a sound mind, quietness of mind. The Holy Spirit is not the author of timid or cowardly disposition, or of slavish fears. We are likely to bear afflictions well, when we have strength and power from God to enable us to bear them. As is usual with Paul, when he mentions Chris and his redemption, he enlarges upon them; so full was he of that whic is all our salvation, and ought to be all our desire. The call of the gospel is a holy call, making holy. Salvation is of free grace. This is said to be given us before the world began, that is, in the purpose of God from all eternity; in Christ Jesus, for all the gifts that com from God to sinful man, come in and through Christ Jesus alone. And a there is so clear a prospect of eternal happiness by faith in Him, wh is the Resurrection and the Life, let us give more diligence in makin his salvation sure to our souls. Those who cleave to the gospel, nee not be ashamed, the cause will bear them out; but those who oppose it shall be ashamed. The apostle had trusted his life, his soul, an eternal interests, to the Lord Jesus. No one else could deliver an secure his soul through the trials of life and death. There is a da coming, when our souls will be inquired after. Thou hadst a sou committed to thee; how was it employed? in the service of sin, or in the service of Christ? The hope of the lowest real Christian rests of the same foundation as that of the great apostle. He also has learne the value and the danger of his soul; he also has believed in Christ and the change wrought in his soul, convinces the believer that the Lord Jesus will keep him to his heavenly kingdom. Paul exhorts Timoth to hold fast the Holy Scriptures, the substance of solid gospel trut in them. It is not enough to assent to the sound words, but we mus love them. The Christian doctrine is a trust committed to us; it is of unspeakable value in itself, and will be of unspeakable advantage to us. It is committed to us, to be preserved pure and entire, yet we mus not think to keep it by our own strength, but by the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us; and it will not be gained by those who trust in their own hearts, and lean to their own understandings. (2Ti 1:15-18)
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
12. I am not ashamed. Comp. verse 8, and Rom. i. 16.
Whom I have believed (w pepisteuka). Or, in whom I have put my trust. See on John i. 12; ii. 22; Rom. iv. 5.
Able (dunatov). Often used with a stronger meaning, as 1 Corinthians i. 26, mighty; Acts xxv. 5, oiJdunatoi the chief men: as a designation of God, oJ dunatov the mighty one, Luke i. 49; of preeminent ability or power in something, as of Jesus, dunatov ejn ergw kai logw mighty in deed and word, L. xxiv. xix. of spiritual agencies, " The weapons of our warfare are dunata mighty," etc., 2 Cor. x. 4. Very often in LXX. That which I have committed (thn paraqhkhn mou). More correctly, that which has been committed unto me: my sacred trust. The meaning of the passage is that Paul is convinced that God is strong to enable him to be faithful to his apostolic calling, in spite of the sufferings which attend it, until the day when he shall be summoned to render his final account. The paraqhkh or thing committed to him was the same as that which he had committed to Timothy that; he might teach others (1 Tim. vi. 20). It was the form of sound words (verse 13); that which Timothy had heard from Paul (chapter ii. 2); that fair deposit verse 14). It was the gospel to which Paul had been appointed verse 11); which had been intrusted to him (1 Tim. i. 11; Tit. i. 3; comp. 1 Cor. ix. 17; Gal. ii. 7; 1 Thessalonians ii. 4). The verb paratiqenai to commit to one's charge is a favorite with Luke. See Luke. xii. 48; Acts xx. 32. Sums deposited with a Bishop for the use of the church were called paraqhkai thv ejkklhsiav trust-funds of the church. In the Epistle of the pseudo-Ignatius to Hero (7) we read: "Keep my deposit (paraqhkhn) which I and Christ have committed (parqemeqa) to you. I commit (paratiqhmi) to you the church of the Antiochenes."
That day (ejkeinhn thn hJmeran). The day of Christ's second appearing. See on 1 Thess. v. 2. In this sense the phrase occurs in the N.T. Epistles only chapter i. 18; iv. 8; 2 Thess. i. 10; but often in the Gospels, as Matt. vii. 22; xxvi. 29; Mark. xiii. 32, etc. The day of the Lord's appearing is designated by Paul as hJ hJmera, absolutely, the day, Romans xiii. 12; 1 Cor. iii. 13; 1 Thess. v. 4: hJmera tou kuriou the day of the Lord, 1 Cor. i. 8; 2 Corinthians. i. 14; 1 Thessalonians v. 2; 2 Thess. ii. 2: the day of Jesus Christ or Christ, Philippians. i. 6, 10; ii. 16: the day when God shall judge, Rom. ii. 16: the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Rom. ii. 5: the day of redemption, Eph. iv. 30.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:12 {These things} (tauta). His imprisonment in Rome. {Yet I am not ashamed} (all' ouk epaiscunomai). Plain reference to the exhortation to Timothy in verse #8. {Him whom I have believed} (hwi pepisteuka). Dative case of the relative (hwi) with the perfect active of pisteuw, the antecedent to the relative not expressed. It is not an indirect question. Paul knows Jesus Christ whom he has trusted. {I am persuaded} (pepeismai). See verse #5. {To guard} (fulaxai). First aorist active infinitive of fulassw, the very word used in #1Ti 6:20 with paraqeken as here, to guard against robbery or any loss. {That which I have committed unto him} (ten paraqeken mou). 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 parakataqeke (a sort of double deposit, para, beside, down, kata). {Against that day} (eis ekeinen ten hemeran). 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).
