Acts 22:1
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22 (A)“Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”
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Acts 7:2
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2 And Stephen said:
(A)“Brothers and fathers, hear me. (B)The God (C)of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, (D)before he lived in Haran,
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2 Timothy 4:16
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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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1 Peter 3:15
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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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Philippians 1:17
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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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Philippians 1:7
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7 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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- Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace
2 Corinthians 12:19
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19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is (A)in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and (B)all for your upbuilding, beloved.
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2 Corinthians 7:11
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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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1 Corinthians 9:3
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3 This is my defense to those who would examine me.
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Romans 2:15
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15 They show that the work of the law is (A)written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
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Acts 28:17
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Paul in Rome
17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, (A)though I had done nothing against our people or (B)the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
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Acts 26:24
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24 And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (A)you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.”
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Acts 26:1-2
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Paul's Defense Before Agrippa
26 So (A)Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
2 “I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today (B)against all the accusations of the Jews,
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Acts 25:16
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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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Acts 25:8
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8 Paul argued in his defense, “Neither (A)against (B)the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor (C)against Caesar have I committed any offense.”
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Acts 24:10
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10 And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied:
“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
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Acts 23:6
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6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were (A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, (B)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is (C)with respect to the (D)hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
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Acts 23:1
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23 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, (A)I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”
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Acts 19:33
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33 Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander, (A)motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.
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Acts 13:26
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26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you (A)who fear God, to us has been sent (B)the message of (C)this salvation.
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Luke 21:14
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14 Settle it therefore in your minds (A)not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
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