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19 by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith,(A) 20 among them Hymenaeus[a] and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.(B)

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  1. 1:20 Hymenaeus: mentioned in 2 Tm 2:17 as saying that the resurrection has already taken place (in baptism). Alexander: probably the Alexander mentioned in 2 Tm 4:14 as the coppersmith who “did me a great deal of harm.” Whom I have handed over to Satan: the same terms are used in the condemnation of the incestuous man in 1 Cor 5:5.

19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B) 20 Among them are Hymenaeus(C) and Alexander,(D) whom I have handed over to Satan(E) to be taught not to blaspheme.

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