2 Timothy 4:17
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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'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.' Written from Paul's final imprisonment, this verse testifies to divine faithfulness at the moment of greatest human abandonment — 'all men forsook me' (verse 16). The 'mouth of the lion' is likely a reference to imminent execution (cf. Psalm 22:21; Daniel 6), but could also refer to a specific judicial situation. The verse exemplifies what Paul models in Acts 20:24 — 'none of these things move me' — showing that 2 Timothy's pastoral instructions about endurance flow from lived experience of divine faithfulness under pressure.
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But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,
But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
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