And their word will spread like gangrene; of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

And from the crowd they brought forward Alexander, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, and desired to make a defense to the people.

Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to dispute about words, useful for nothing, for the ruin of the hearers.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works;

whom you also should guard against, for he has greatly resisted our words.

But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the assembly. But if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

and being ready to avenge every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.

Because of this I write these things being absent, in order that when I am present I may not deal sharply with you, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for edification and not for destruction.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, in order that we may not be condemned with the world.

Yet do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

And the Jews, seeing the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke against the things being said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a Beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads blasphemous names.

And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemy, and authority was given to him to make war for forty-two months.

Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven.