2 Timothy 4:14

2 Timothy 4:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
• New International Version (NIV)Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:14

12And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: 15Of whom beware thou also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. 16At my first defence no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

2 Timothy 4:14 word by word

Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χαλκεὺς πολλά μοι κακὰ ἐνεδείξατο· ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ·Read the interlinear

• AlexanderἈλέξανδροςAlexandros · AlexanderG223
• coppersmithχαλκεύςchalkeus · coppersmithG5471
• didἐνδείκνυμιendeiknumi · to showG1731
• meμοίmoi · to meG3427
• muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• evilκακόςkakos · evil/harm: harmG2556
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• rewardἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toκατάkata · according toG2596
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:14

• Acts 19:33And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence to the people.
• 1 Timothy 1:20Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• 1 Samuel 24:12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
• 2 Samuel 3:39And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
• Psalms 28:4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
• Psalms 109:5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
• Jeremiah 15:15O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
• Jeremiah 18:19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
• 1 John 5:16If any man shall see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
• Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Revelation 18:6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Alexander the coppersmith - We are not to understand this of any tradesman, but of some rabbin; for it was not unusual for the Jews to apply the name of some trade as an epithet to their rabbins and literary men. He is, in all probability, the very same mentioned Acts 19:33; (note); and it is not unlikely that he may have been the same whom the apostle was obliged to excommunicate, 1 Timothy 1:20. The Lord reward him - ͅ ͅ ̔ · But instead of ͅ, which has…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Alexander the coppersmith - Or, rather, “the brazier” - ̔ ́ ho chalkeusThe word is used, however, to denote a worker in any kind of metals. This is probably the same person who is mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:20, and perhaps the same as the one mentioned in Acts 19:33; see the notes on 1 Timothy 1:20. Did me much evil - In what way this was done, is not mentioned. If this is the same person who is referred to in 1 Timothy 1:20, it is probable that it was not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 There is as much danger from false brethren, as from open enemies. It is dangerous having to do with those who would be enemies to such a man as Paul. The Christians at Rome were forward to meet him, Ac 28, but when there seemed to be a danger of suffering with him, then all forsook him. God might justly be angry with them, but he prays God to forgive them. The apostle was delivered out of the mouth of the lion, that is, of Nero, or some of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Alexander was a common name (see Mark 15:21; Acts 4:6; 19:33). Alexander the coppersmith was probably the same person mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:20. did great harm to me: He probably did more than just oppose Paul's teaching. He might have been part of Paul's arrest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. 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)…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings