1 TIMOTHY 1:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:”
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.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 1:19
The office of a Teacher and that of a Priest is of great dignity, and to bring forward one that is worthy requires a divine election. So it was of old, and so it is now, when we make a choice without human passion, not looking to any temporal consideration, swayed neither by friendship, nor enmity. For though we be not partakers of so great a measure of the Spirit as they, yet a good purpose is sufficient to draw unto us the election of God. For the Apostles, when they…
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