And they forced Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews having put him forward. And Alexander having shaken the hand, wished to justify himself to the people.

Put these things in mind, calling to witness before the Lord not to wrangle for nothing useful, to the subversion of them hearing.

Alexander the coppersmith showed me much evil: (may the Lord give back to him according to his works:)

I have

And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ye, gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And having in readiness to avenge every imperfect instruction, when your obedience should be completed.

For this I write these things being absent, that being present I should not wound severely, according to the power which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

Blaspheme

And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming.

For men shall be self-lovers, lovers of money, boastful, proud, slandering, disobedient to parents, unthankful, wicked,

{ And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw coming up from the sea a wild beast, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.}

General references

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them: whose soever ye retain, they have been retained.

For we are not able anything against the truth, but for the truth.