1Ti 1:20 | TNotes | STEP | 1:20 Hymenaeus and Alexander might have been elders in Ephesus (see also 2 Tim 2:17 ; 4:14 ; cp. Acts 19:33 ; 20:29-31 ). • Paul handed them over to Satan by removing them from the church, the realm of the Spirit’s oversight (see also 2 Tim 2:25-26 ; Job 2:6 ; Matt 18:17-20 ; 1 Cor 5:2-5 ; 2 Cor 2:5-11 ). • blaspheme God: They attacked and defamed the true Good News, and thus God himself (see 1 Tim 1:13 ; cp. 6:1 ; Titus 2:5 ; 2 Pet 2:2 ).

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b2 Tim 2:17►

c4:14►

dActs 19:33►

e20:29-31►

f2 Tim 2:25-26►

gJob 2:6►

hMatt 18:17-20►

i1 Cor 5:2-5►

j2 Cor 2:5-11►

k1 Tim 1:13►

l6:1►

mTitus 2:5►

n2 Pet 2:2►

‏ 1 Timothy 1:20

1:20 ^a Hymenaeus and Alexander might have been elders in Ephesus (see also 2 Tim 2:17 ^b; 4:14 ^c; cp. Acts 19:33 ^d; 20:29-31 ^e).

• Paul handed them over to Satan by removing them from the church, the realm of the Spirit’s oversight (see also 2 Tim 2:25-26 ^f; Job 2:6 ^g; Matt 18:17-20 ^h; 1 Cor 5:2-5 ⁱ; 2 Cor 2:5-11 ^j).

• blaspheme God: They attacked and defamed the true Good News, and thus God himself (see 1 Tim 1:13 ^k; cp. 6:1 ^l; Titus 2:5 ^m; 2 Pet 2:2 ⁿ).