2 Timothy 4:15 (YLT)

Passage

of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:13 the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books--especially the parchments.

2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

2 Timothy 4:15 of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

2 Timothy 4:16 in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

2 Timothy 4:17 and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "beware", "greatly", "hath", "stood", "against", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "beware", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil..." into verse 16's "in my first defence no one stood...", so "thou" and "beware" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "beware" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.