At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this
Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me al
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they s
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti
I 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
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress o
It 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 a
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for
This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignat