2 Timothy 4:14

14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Ver. 14. Alexander the coppersmith ] Who was once martyrio propinquus, saith Calvin, near unto martyrdom in Paul’s cause, Acts 19:33 . A glorious professor may become a furious persecutor. "Let him that stands take heed lest he fall."

The Lord reward him ] This is neither a curse nor a railing speech, saith an ancient, but a prediction well beseeming an apostle, that avenged not himself, but rather gave place to wrath, Romans 12:19 . (Author quaest. apud Just. Mar.)