And [some] of the crowd advised Alexander, [when] the Jews put him forward. But Alexander, motioning [with his] hand, was wanting to defend himself to the popular assembly.

Remind [people] of these [things], solemnly urging [them] before the Lord not to dispute about words. [This is] in no way beneficial [and leads to] the ruin of the hearers.

Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,

I have

And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, [when] you are assembled, and my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

And {we are ready} to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is completed.

Because of this, I am writing these [things] [although I] am absent, in order that [when I] am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

Blaspheme

But [when] the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting what was being said by Paul [by] reviling [him].

for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

And I saw coming up out of the sea a beast that had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal headbands, and on its heads a blasphemous name.

General references

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain [the sins] of any, they are retained."

For we are not able [to do] anything against the truth, but rather [only] for the truth.