¹⁶ At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

⁶⁰ And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

¹⁵ But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

¹⁰ For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁵ You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:

¹⁷ But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

⁷ So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

¹¹ For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

³ My answer to those who are judging me is this.

¹⁶ To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

¹ My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

³² See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

⁵⁰ And they all went away from him in fear.

¹¹ Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

¹² I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

¹³ False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.