Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work.

always being persecuted, but not deserted; always getting a knockdown, but never a knockout;

You know that everyone here who belongs to the Roman province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account.