Reference: Hymenaeus
Fausets
Having put away a good conscience, and so "concerning faith having made shipwreck" (for when one's faith does not better his morals, his moral defects will corrupt his faith), therefore "delivered (by Paul) to Satan to learn not to blaspheme" (1Ti 1:20). "Erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is past already, overthrowing the faith of some" (2Ti 2:17-18). Satan is lord of all outside the church (Ac 26:18); he, by God's permission, afflicts saints and executes wrath on the disobedient (1Co 5:5; 2Co 12:7; Eph 4:27; Job 1:2). Paul, as an infallible apostle, had powers not transmitted to fallible successors (2Co 10:8; Mt 18:17-18).
His sentence pronounced at Rome took effect on Hymenaeus at Ephesus, in the form of some bodily sickness (so Ac 5:5,10; 13:11; 1Co 11:30), that he should learn not to blaspheme. (See EXCOMMUNICATION.) Hymenaeus after excommunication was probably restored in the interim between 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy, and troubled the church again. Gnosticism, or the pretension to extraordinary spiritual knowledge above what is written, was Hymenaeus' heresy, in concert first with Alexander, afterwards with Philetus.
The Gnostics (2Pe 3:16) "wrested Paul's words" (Ro 6:4; Eph 2:6; Col 2:12) as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin (Joh 5:24-25). The difficulties of the resurrection (Ac 17:32; 26:8), the supposed evil inherent in matter, and the disparagement of the body, tended to this error (Col 2:23). Paul confutes this by showing that, besides the raising of the soul now from the death of sin, there shall be also hereafter a raising of the saint's body from the grave (Joh 5:28-29), as the fruit of JESUS' bodily resurrection (1 Corinthians 15).
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And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican. Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he, that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death to life. Verily, verily I tell you, that the time is coming, and even now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.
Wonder not at this; for the time is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation.
And Ananias at the hearing of these words fell down and expired: and great fear came on all that heard these things.
And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired: and the young men coming in found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.
And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing even the sun for a time. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and groping about he sought for somebody to lead him by the hand.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some laughed at it: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this matter.
What! is it judged incredible by you, that God should raise the dead?
to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life:
of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your boasting is not good.
For though I should boast yet more of our authority, (which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction) I should not be ashamed:
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
and give not the devil room to ensnare you.
being buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are raised together with Him, through faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.
of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
and their discourse will eat like a gangrene. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; who have erred from the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and subvert the faith of some.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things: in which are some things hard to be understood, which the illiterate and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
Hastings
A heretical Christian associated with Alexander in 1Ti 1:19 f., and with Philetus in 2Ti 2:17 f., though some have considered that two different persons are meant. These false teachers 'made shipwreck concerning the faith'; their heresy consisted in denying the bodily resurrection, saying that the resurrection was already past
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of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your boasting is not good.
having faith and a good conscience, which some putting away have made shipwreck concerning the faith:
and their discourse will eat like a gangrene. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; who have erred from the truth,
Morish
Hymenae'us
One who had made shipwreck of faith. Paul, in his apostolic authority, had delivered him and Alexander unto Satan that they might learn not to blaspheme. He is also mentioned with Philetus, as having erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection had passed already (probably allegorising it), and had overthrown the faith of some. 1Ti 1:20; 2Ti 2:17.
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of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Smith
Hymenae'us
(belonging to marriage), the name of a person occurring twice in the correspondence between St. Paul and Timothy; the first time classed with Alexander,
and the second time classed with Philetus.
(A.D. 66-7.) He denied the true doctrine of the resurrection.
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of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
and their discourse will eat like a gangrene. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; who have erred from the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and subvert the faith of some.