<h3>Chapter # 1 Paragraph # 4  Study # 3<br />Lincolnton, NC<br />June 27, 2004</h3> 

KJV Translation:  
20  Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.  

1901 ASV Translation:  
20  of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.  

Textual Notes:  There are no textual variations between the <u>Textus Receptus</u> and the <u>Nestle/Aland 26</u>.  The translation of the verb &quot;may learn/might be taught&quot; is an error in the KJV as the verb is an Aorist Passive as the ASV renders it.  

Notes:  
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<li>I.    The question of the spiritual identity of Hymenaeus and Alexander is settled by these facts:  
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	<li>a.   One does not &quot;deliver up&quot; unbelievers to Satan as they are already under his dominion as Paul clearly states in Ephesians 2:2.  
	<li>b.   One does not &quot;deliver up&quot; unbelievers for &quot;blasphemy&quot; as Paul identified himself that way before his conversion (I Timothy 1:13).  
	<li>c.   One does not &quot;child-train&quot; unbelievers as they are not &quot;children&quot; in the household.  
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<li>II.    The problems associated with &quot;believers&quot; who &quot;blaspheme&quot; are legion, but the fact is that &quot;believers&quot; blaspheme every time they mis-represent God in their teaching and behavior.  Since justification is rooted in the perfections of Christ, and perfect doctrinal accuracy is not required for &quot;faith unto justification&quot;, there is no reason to see these two men as anything other than wayward believers who have forsaken faith and a clear conscience and have persisted in spite of correction administered by Paul.  
<li>III.   Being delivered up to Satan was something that Peter experienced as Jesus told him that He was not going to deny Satan's desire to sift him as wheat.  
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