16 in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)
and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.
Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me. I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel. For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,
and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;
`Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --
for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.
and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:
thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;
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Commentary on 2 Timothy 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
In this chapter,
2Ti 4:1-8
Observe,
2Ti 4:9-15
Here are divers particular matters which Paul mentions to Timothy, now at the closing of the epistle.
2Ti 4:16-22
Here,