2 Timothy 4:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. I pray that it may not be held against them.

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  • Acts 7:60 : 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to present his defense concerning the charges against him.
  • 1 Cor 9:3 : 3 My answer to those who examine me is this,
  • 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
  • Phil 1:17 : 17 But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
  • Ps 31:11-13 : 11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintances: those who saw me outside fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take my life.
  • Mark 14:50 : 50 And they all deserted him and fled.
  • John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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    17But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be fully preached through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

    18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

  • 2 Tim 4:15
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    15Be aware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.

  • Mark 14:50
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    50And they all deserted him and fled.

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19Who ought to have been present before you, to charge me, if they had anything against me.

    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

    21Except it be for this one statement, that I cried standing among them, Regarding the resurrection of the dead I am questioned by you this day.

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    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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    11Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

  • Ps 38:21
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    21Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

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    8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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    56But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

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    4I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul.

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    20For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

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    15This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

    16The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

    17But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me.

    18The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.

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    1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

  • 1 Cor 9:3
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    3My answer to those who examine me is this,

  • Jer 20:10
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    10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

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    11God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

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    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

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    11For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing of these charges against me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

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    19serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;

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    16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

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    29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all who hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.

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    28And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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    12For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.

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    1Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.

  • Rom 16:4
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    4Who have risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.

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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 nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be accepted by the saints;

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    6So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

  • 2 Thess 3:2
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    2And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked people, for not everyone has faith.

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    13Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

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