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2 Timothy 4:16

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At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.

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Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

Then everyone deserted him and fled.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.

“I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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




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