¹² For this reason I also suffer these things; but ^(A)I am not ashamed, for I know ^(B)whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to ^(C)protect what I have entrusted to Him ^[a]until ^(D)that day.

⁶ For I am already being ^(A)poured out as a drink offering, and the time of ^(B)my departure has come. ^7 (C)I have fought the good fight, I have finished ^(D)the course, I have kept ^(E)the faith; ⁸ in the future there ^(F)is reserved for me ^(G)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on ^(H)that day; and not only to me, but also to ^(I)all who have loved His ^(J)appearing.