1 TIMOTHY 1:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”
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 1:20
And from them he would instruct us. You see how even from those times there have been seducing Teachers, curious enquirers, and men holding off from the faith, and searching out by their own reasonings. As the shipwrecked man is naked and destitute of all things, so is he that falls away from the faith without resource, he knows not where to stand or where to stay himself, nor has he the advantage of a good life so as to gain anything from that quarter. For when the head is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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