There is one word in this verse that sticks out to me. Paul wrote, “Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know WHOM I have believed.” Whom I have believed. Whom. Jesus Christ.
I have a degree in Christian Ministry. I have quite a collection of commentaries, dictionaries, and other books for biblical studies. But there is a difference between reading and collecting information than knowing Christ. There are books and then there is a personal relationship with Christ. There are books on hermeneutics and Psalms and then there is the Book – the Word of God.
It is not wrong to read commentaries and to dig deeper to better understand. The problem is when we aim to know about Jesus and about the Bible from a historical perspective and we fail to know Him—to truly know Him. Paul said, “I know whom I have believed” and it was this faith that caused him to sing praises while in jail and to continue to endure suffering. Today evaluate where you are at in life—do you know this whom—Lord Jesus Christ..
“That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.” – 2 Timothy 1:12 [NIV]
Tania Gutekunst 
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