2 Timothy 4:16

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At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

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  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused has met their accusers face to face and has had an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.
  • 1 Cor 9:3 : 3 This is my defense to those who examine me.
  • 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 It is right for me to think this way about you all, because I have you in my heart; whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, you all share in God’s grace with me.
  • Phil 1:17 : 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But honor the Lord as holy in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
  • Ps 31:11-13 : 11 My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away. 12 I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me. 13 I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.
  • Mark 14:50 : 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled.
  • John 16:32 : 32 'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'

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  • 2 Tim 4:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.

    18The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

  • 2 Tim 4:15
    73%

    15You too should be on guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

  • Mark 14:50
    72%

    50Then everyone deserted him and fled.

  • Acts 24:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19But there are some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you to bring charges if they have anything against me.

    20Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

    21Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

  • Ps 71:11
    70%

    11They say, 'God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will deliver him.'

  • Ps 38:21
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    21Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.

  • 2 Tim 1:8
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    8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'

  • Matt 26:56
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    56But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

  • Ps 142:4
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    4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Phil 2:20
    70%

    20For I have no one else like him, who will genuinely care about your concerns.

  • 2 Tim 1:15-18
    4 verses
    69%

    15You know that everyone in the province of Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

    16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

    17On the contrary, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently for me and found me.

    18May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. You know very well how much he helped me in Ephesus.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
    69%

    9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

  • Phil 1:30
    69%

    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
    69%

    9For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

  • Ps 22:1
    69%

    1For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.

  • 1 Cor 9:3
    69%

    3This is my defense to those who examine me.

  • Jer 20:10
    69%

    10I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

  • Phlm 1:13
    69%

    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel on your behalf.

  • Job 16:11
    68%

    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

  • Acts 25:16
    68%

    16I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused has met their accusers face to face and has had an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    68%

    12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.

    13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

    14And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more boldly and fearlessly.

  • Acts 25:11
    68%

    11If I am guilty and have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.

  • Acts 20:19
    68%

    19'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.'

  • 1 Tim 1:16
    68%

    16But for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the foremost of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

  • Acts 26:29
    68%

    29Paul replied, 'I pray to God that whether in a short or long time, not only you but all who are listening to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.'

  • Ps 71:9
    68%

    9Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

  • Acts 23:11
    68%

    11The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    68%

    9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

  • Phil 1:28
    68%

    28And do not be frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation—and that from God.

  • 2 Tim 1:12
    68%

    12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

  • Acts 22:1
    67%

    1Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.

  • Rom 16:4
    67%

    4They risked their lives for me, and not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are thankful to them.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
    67%

    23I call God as my witness and stake my life on it: it was to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

  • Acts 25:18
    67%

    18When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

  • Ps 27:9
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    9Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not leave me or abandon me, my God of salvation.

  • Rom 15:31
    67%

    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints.

  • Heb 13:6
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    6So we can confidently say: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'

  • 2 Thess 3:2
    67%

    2And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith.

  • Acts 24:13
    67%

    13Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.

  • Phil 1:8
    67%

    8For God is my witness, how I yearn for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.