At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Timothy 4:16 in context
2 Timothy 4:13–19
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Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.
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Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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Beware of him, for he greatly opposed our words.
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At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
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But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.
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