2 Timothy 4:15

15 against whom you also be on guard, because he vehemently opposed our words.

2 Timothy 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 4:15

Of whom be thou ware also
For he was now at Ephesus; and since he was such a malicious, ill natured, and troublesome person, as well as a blasphemer, an heretic, and had been delivered up to Satan, it was very advisable to shun his company, and have no conversation with him, and be upon the guard against him, that he might have no opportunity of doing hurt to him, or to the church at Ephesus:

for he hath greatly withstood our words:
or doctrines; the truths of the Gospel preached by Paul and Timothy, which he opposed himself to, and resisted with all his might, and endeavoured to confute and overthrow; and wherein he was deficient in argument, he made up with railing and blasphemy; and this was the true reason of the apostle's imprecations on him, and why he would have Timothy beware of him, and avoid him, and not the personal injury he had done him.

2 Timothy 4:15 In-Context

13 [When you] come, bring the cloak that I left behind in Troas with Carpus, and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

14 Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,

15 against whom you also be on guard, because he vehemently opposed our words.

16 At my first defense, no one came to my [aid], but [they] all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

17 But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued [me] from the lion's mouth.