holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting these, some have made shipwreck of their faith — Hymenaeus and Alexander are among them, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme — conscience (syneidēsis) paired with faith constitutes the moral compass for doctrinal faithfulness. Hymenaeus and Alexander's apostasy is so severe that Paul invokes Satan's disciplinary role (paradidōmi tō Satanā), hoping remedial suffering might produce repentance.

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