⁸ Therefore ^(A)do not be ashamed of the ^(B)testimony of our Lord or of me ^(C)His prisoner, but join with me in ^(D)suffering for the ^(E)gospel according to the power of God, ⁹ who ^(F)saved us and ^(G)called us with a holy ^(H)calling, ^(I)not according to our works, but according to His own ^(J)purpose and grace, which was granted to us in ^(K)Christ Jesus from ^(L)all eternity, ¹⁰ but has ^(M)now been revealed by the ^(N)appearing of our Savior ^(O)Christ Jesus, who ^(P)abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, ^11 (Q)for which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. ¹² For this reason I also suffer these things; but ^(R)I am not ashamed, for I know ^(S)whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to ^(T)protect what I have entrusted to Him ^[a]until ^(U)that day.