Some of the crowd called upon Alexander, as the Jews had pushed him to the front, and he made a gesture with his hand and was going to speak in defense of them to the people.

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

Alexander, the metal-worker, did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he did.

I have

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector.

and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

and am prepared to punish any trace of disobedience when you have made your obedience perfectly clear.

That is why I write this while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority the Lord has given me, for it was to build you up, not to pull you down.

Blaspheme

But when the Jews saw the crowd, they were very jealous, and they contradicted what Paul said and abused him.

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

Then I stood on the sand of the seashore, and I saw an animal come up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and with ten diadems on its horns, and blasphemous titles on its heads.

General references

"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

For I cannot do anything against the truth, but only for it.