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1 Timothy 1:20 (WEB)
of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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Augustine of Hippo, Against Lying Chapter 8
“And whereas the Apostle delivered men to Satan himself that they might learn not to blaspheme, we endeavor to rescue men from Satan, that they may learn to blaspheme not with ignorance, but with knowledge.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 20
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.12Discourse I
“Thus Hymenæus and Alexander and their fellows were beside the time, when they said that the resurrection had already been; and the Galatians were after the time, in making much of circumcision now.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 17, 18; 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Tertullian, De Fuga in Persecutione Chapter 1
“For the apostle likewise delivered Phygellus and Hermogenes over to Satan that by chastening they might be taught not to blaspheme.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 15; see 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 13
“Plainly, the selfsame apostle delivered to Satan Hymenæus and Alexander, “that they might be emended into not blaspheming,” as he writes to his Timotheus.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 16
“The famous Alexander, too, instigated by his love of disputation in the true fashion of heretical temper, has made himself conspicuous against us; he will have us say that Christ put on flesh of an earthly origin, in order that He might in His own person abolish sinful flesh.” — editor's note: Although Tertullian dignifies him with an ille, we have no particulars of this man. [It may be that this is an epithet, rather than a name, given to some enemy…
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Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 2
“It is a comparatively small thing, that certain men, like Phygellus, and Hermogenes, and Philetus, and Hymenæus, deserted His apostle: the betrayer of Christ was himself one of the apostles.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 15; ii. 17; 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 188
“Perhaps they have been delivered to Satan for a whole age of man that they may learn not to behave unseemly; wherefore order them to be received without delay, specially if they shed tears to move your mercy, and shew a manner of living worthy of compassion.” — editor's note: cf. 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 288
“Further, let proclamation be made throughout the district, that he be excluded from participation in any of the ordinary relations of life; so that by our withholding ourselves from all intercourse with him he may become altogether food for the devil.” — editor's note: Contrast 1 Tim. i. 20.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 22
“Phygellus and Alexander made shipwreck; but the rest continued to run the race of faith.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 19, 20; 2 Tim. i. 15.
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John Cassian, The Institutes II.16Book II
“…from fellowship with him in prayer for this reason—because they believe that one who is suspended from prayer is, as the Apostle says, “delivered unto Satan:” and if any one, moved by an ill-considered affection, dares to hold communion with him in prayer before he has been received by the elder, he makes himself…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 5; 1 Tim. i. 20.
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