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The Lord Remains Faithful

2 Timothy 4:16

In 9 translations

BSB
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
KJV
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
WEB
At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
ASV
At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.
LSV
no one stood with me in my first defense, but all forsook me (may it not be reckoned to them),
YLT
in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)
DBY
At my first defence no man stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be imputed to them.
DRC
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their charge.
GNV
At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παρεγένετο (“attended”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read συμπαρεγένετο (“attended with”).
  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐγκατέλιπον (“deserted”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort read ἐγκατέλειπον (“were deserting”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: παρεγένετο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παρεγένετο; Robinson–Pierpont read συμπαρεγένετο.
  • SBLGNT: ἐγκατέλιπον. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐγκατέλιπον; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐγκατέλειπον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μου ἀπολογίᾳ οὐδείς μοι παρεγένετο, ἀλλὰ πάντες με ἐγκατέλιπον— μὴ αὐτοῖς λογισθείη—
RP2018
Ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μου ἀπολογίᾳ οὐδείς μοι συμπαρεγένετο, ἀλλὰ πάντες με ἐγκατέλιπον· μὴ αὐτοῖς λογισθείη.
TR-Boyd
Ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μου ἀπολογίᾳ οὐδείς μοι συμπαρεγένετο, ἀλλὰ πάντες με ἐγκατέλιπον· μὴ αὐτοῖς λογισθείη.
SCR1894
εν τη πρωτη μου απολογια ουδεις μοι συμπαρεγενετο αλλα παντες με εγκατελιπον μη αυτοις λογισθειη

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  • Mark 14:50Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
  • Psalms 31:11–13Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street. I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. For…
  • Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
  • 1 Peter 3:15But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,
  • 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:3This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
  • Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
  • 2 Corinthians 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved…
  • 2 Timothy 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  • Philippians 1:7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
  • Philippians 1:17The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

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