1 Corinthians 9:3
That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Acts 22:1
"Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."
Acts 25:16
My reply was that it is not the custom among the Romans to give up any one for punishment before the accused has had his accusers face to face, and has had an opportunity of defending himself against the charge which has been brought against him.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.
2 Corinthians 10:7-8
Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
2 Corinthians 12:16-19
If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!
2 Corinthians 13:3
since you want a practical proof of the fact that Christ speaks by my lips--He who is not feeble towards you, but powerful among you.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere?
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write thus while absent, that when present I may not have to act severely in the exercise of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.
Philippians 1:7
And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.
Philippians 1:17
while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defence I had no one at my side, but all deserted me. May it not be laid to their charge.