we are persecuted, but not abandoned;<n id="1" /> we are knocked down,<n id="2" /> but not destroyed,

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>because you will not leave my soul in Hades,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>nor permit your Holy One to experiencei>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>decayb>.i>p>

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me &#8211; may they not be held accountable for it.

David by foreseeing this<n id="1" /> spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,<n id="2" /> that <i>he was neither abandoned to Hadesi>,<n id="3" /> nor did his body<n id="4" /> <i>experiencei><n id="5" /> <i>decayi>.<n id="6" />

Just<n id="1" /> as Isaiah predicted,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>If the Lord of armiesi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>had not left us descendantsb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>we would have become like Sodomb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and we would have resembled Gomorrah.&#8221;i>b><n id="3" />p>

For Demas deserted me, since he loved<n id="1" /> the present age, and he went to Thessalonica.<n id="2" /> Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day<n id="1" /> drawing near.<n id="2" />p>

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, &#8220;<b><i>I will never leave you and I will never abandon youi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

At<n id="1" /> about three o&#8217;clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;<i>Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?i>&#8221; that is, &#8220;<b><i>My God, my God, why have you forsaken mei>b>?&#8221;<n id="3" />

Around three o&#8217;clock<n id="1" /> Jesus cried out with a loud voice, &#8220;<i>Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?i>&#8221; which means, &#8220;<b><i>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?i>b>&#8221;<n id="2" />