And they thrust Alexander forward from among the multitude, the Jews pushing him on; and Alexander, waving with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord, not to strive about words, to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord will reward him according to his works.

I have

And if he will not hear them, tell it to the church; but if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as an heathen and a publican.

as if I were present, judged him who hath so done this, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit,

And being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, now your obedience is fulfilled.

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me, for edification, and not for destruction.

Blaspheme

But the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and spake against the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, arrogant, proud, evil-speakers,

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

General references

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.