18 [a]This commandment commit I unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies, which went before upon thee, that thou [b]by them shouldest fight a good fight,

19 Having [c]faith and a good conscience, [d]which some have put away, and as concerning faith, have made shipwreck.

20 Of whom is Hymenaeus, and Alexander, (A)[e]whom I have [f]delivered unto Satan, that they might [g]learn not to blaspheme.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:18 The conclusion of both the former fatherly admonitions, to wit, that Timothy striving manfully against all lets, being called to the ministry according to many prophecies which went before of him, should both maintain the doctrine which he had received, and keep also a good conscience.
  2. 1 Timothy 1:18 By the help of them.
  3. 1 Timothy 1:19 Wholesome and sound doctrine.
  4. 1 Timothy 1:19 Whosoever keep not a good conscience, do lose also by little and little the gift of understanding: which he proveth by two most lamentable examples.
  5. 1 Timothy 1:20 Such as fall from God, and his religion, are not to be suffered in the Church, but rather ought to be excommunicated.
  6. 1 Timothy 1:20 Cast out of the Church, and so delivered them to Satan.
  7. 1 Timothy 1:20 That by their smart they might learn what it is to blaspheme.

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