King James Version (KJV)
2 Timothy 4:16
“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.”
Verse in context — 2 Timothy 4
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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
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Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
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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.
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Notwithstanding 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.
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And 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.
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Paul’s final letter, urging faithfulness to the gospel.
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