For I am suffering these things [See verse 8] for this reason [i.e., because of being a Gospel preacher]. Yet I am not ashamed because I know whom I have believed in [i.e., Jesus], and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him [i.e., Paul's spiritual well-being] until that day [i.e., the day of judgment].

but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found me --

But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.

For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come.