2Ti 4:14-15 | JFB | STEP | 14. Alexander the coppersmith —or "smith" in general. Perhaps the same as the Alexander (see on ) at Ephesus. Excommunicated then he subsequently was restored, and now vented his personal malice because of his excommunication in accusing Paul before the Roman judges, whether of incendiarism or of introducing a new religion. See my He may have been the Alexander put forward by the Jews in the tumult at Ephesus ( ). reward —The oldest manuscripts read, " shall reward," or "requite him." Personal revenge certainly did not influence the apostle ( , end).

2 Timothy 4:14-15

14. Alexander the coppersmith—or "smith" in general. Perhaps the same as the Alexander (see on 1Ti 1:20) at Ephesus. Excommunicated then he subsequently was restored, and now vented his personal malice because of his excommunication in accusing Paul before the Roman judges, whether of incendiarism or of introducing a new religion. See my Introduction. He may have been the Alexander put forward by the Jews in the tumult at Ephesus (Ac 19:33, 34).

reward—The oldest manuscripts read, "shall reward," or "requite him." Personal revenge certainly did not influence the apostle (2Ti 4:16, end).

15. our words—the arguments of us Christians for our common faith. Believers have a common cause.