16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. (A)May it not be charged against them!

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60 And (A)falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, (B)“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, (C)he fell asleep.

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32 Behold, (A)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when (B)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and (C)will leave me alone. (D)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

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11 Because of all my adversaries I have become (A)a reproach,
    especially to my (B)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street (C)flee from me.
12 I have been (D)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like (E)a broken vessel.
13 For I (F)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
(G)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

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15 but (A)in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, (B)always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and (C)respect,

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10 For (A)Demas, (B)in love with (C)this present world, (D)has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] (E)Titus to Dalmatia.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts Gaul

15 You are aware that (A)all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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17 The former proclaim Christ (A)out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.

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It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you (A)in my heart, for you are all (B)partakers with me of grace,[a] both (C)in my imprisonment and in (D)the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace

11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, (A)what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

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This is my defense to those who would examine me.

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16 (A)I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone (B)before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.

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22 (A)“Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”

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