Some of the mob concluded it must be Alexander, as the Jews pushed him to the front. So Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to defend himself before the people;

Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.

Alexander the blacksmith has done me a lot of harm: the Lord will pay him back for what he has done (beware of him),

I have

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church; and if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or a taxgatherer.

by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ; I have met with you in spirit, and by the power of our Lord Jesus

I am prepared to court-martial anyone who remains insubordinate, once your submission is complete.

I am writing thus to you in absence, so that when I do come I may not have to deal sharply with you; I have the Lord's authority for that, but he gave it to me for building you up, not for demolishing you.

Blaspheme

But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

Then I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a Beast rising out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, ten diadems on his horns, and blasphemous titles on his heads.

General references

If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained."

(Fail or succeed, I cannot work against the truth but for it!)