2 TIMOTHY 4:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:”
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. — The warning: Alexander's brass-worker antagonism (hypenantios) toward Paul will face divine retaliation (apodidōmi kata ta erga autou). Justice rests with God.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 4:14
Here he again makes mention of his trial, not wishing merely to censure and accuse the man, but to prepare his disciple for the conflicts, that he might bear them firmly. Though they be mean and contemptible persons, and without honor, who cause these trials, they ought all, he says, to be borne with fortitude. For he who suffers wrong from any great personage, receives no little distinction from the superiority of him who does the wrong. But he who is injured by a vile and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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