And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, whom the Jews had pushed forward. And Alexander, motioning with his hand, would have made a defense to the people,

Always call these truths to men's mind; adjuring them in the presence of God to avoid controversy. It is a useless thing, and subverts those who listen to it.

Alexander, the coppersmith, manifested bitter hostility toward me. The Lord will requite him according to his works.

I have

"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

and I am fully prepared to punish every act of disobedience, when once your submission has been put beyond question.

For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

Blaspheme

When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.

For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

Then I saw rising up out of the sea a beast who had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous titles.

General references

"Receive the Holy Spirit. If you remit any one's sins, they are remitted; if you retain them they are retained."

For I have no power against the truth, but only in defense of the truth.