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15 Be on guard yourself against him, for he has been strongly opposed to our teaching.

16 At the first hearing of my case, no one came to court to support me. Every one of them deserted me. May it not be held against them! 17 But the Lord stood at my side[a] and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.

Thus was I rescued from the lion’s jaws. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:17 The Lord stood at my side: Paul’s ultimate strength lay in his total dependence on the One who commissioned him (see 2 Cor 12:9-10; Phil 4:11-13).