2 Timothy 4:17-18

Personal Instructions

¹⁷ But _o the Lord stood by me and _p strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and _q all the Gentiles might hear it. So _r I was rescued _s from the lion's mouth. ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. _t To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

1. Cross References
   Acts 23:11
   The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
   Acts 27:23
   For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
   Matthew 10:19
   When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Timothy 1:12
   I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 9:15
   But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Timothy 3:11
   My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 22:21
   Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
   1 Samuel 17:37
   And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the Lord be with you!
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 11:36
   For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.