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2 Timothy 4:16 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 4 · verse 16
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.2 Timothy 4:16 · King James Version
2 Timothy 4:16 in context
14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
15Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
16At 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.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- forsookegkataleipōabandon, desert, leave in straits, leave helpless, totally abandoned, utterly forsaken…G1459 →
- answerapologiaverbal defence, speech in defence, a reasoned statement or argumentG627 →
- chargeautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- firstprōtosfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4413 →
- stoodsymparaginomaito come together, to come to one's helpG4836 →
- laidlogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
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Here, I. He gives Timothy an account of his own present circumstances. 1. He had lately been called to appear before the emperor, upon his appeal to Caesar; and then no man stood with him (Ti2 4:16), to plead his cause, to bear testimony for him, or so much as to keep him in countenance, but all men forsook him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22