And some from the crowd forced in Alexander, the Jews precipitating him forward; and Alexander, beckoning with his hand, wished to apologize to the people.

Remember these things, testifying before God, that they shall not fight with words, profitable unto nothing, for the overturning of those who hear.

Alexander the coppersmith showed to me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works.

I have

But if he may not hear them, tell the church: and if indeed he may not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and publican.

in the name of the Lord Jesus, you and my spirit being assembled, with the power of the Lord Jesus,

and being ready to avenge every disobedience, when your obedience may be complete.

Therefore being absent I write these things, in order that being present, I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

Blaspheme

And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

General references

Whose sins you may remit, are remitted unto them; whose sins you may retain, have been retained.

For we are not able to do any thing against the truth, but for the truth.