14 Alexander(A) the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.(B) 15 You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

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14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm.[a] The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.[b] 15 You be on guard against him[c] too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:14 tn Grk “showed me much evil.”
  2. 2 Timothy 4:14 sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.
  3. 2 Timothy 4:15 tn Grk “against whom,” as a continuation of the previous clause. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.