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Alexander

the coppersmith, opponent of Paul

Coppersmith who opposed Paul, named in 1 Timothy 1:20 and 2 Timothy 4:14.

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Alexander the coppersmith is an opponent of named in the letters to . In 1 Timothy 1:20 Paul names Hymenaeus and Alexander as men who made shipwreck of the faith, and in 2 Timothy 4:14-15 he warns that 'Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to me.' Whether he is the Alexander of the riot in Acts 19 cannot be established from the text.

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