1 Timothy 1:20

1 Timothy 1:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• New International Version (NIV)Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
• English Standard Version (ESV)among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• New King James Version (NKJV)of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Context of 1 Timothy 1:20

18This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, 19keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Timothy 1:20 word by word

ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος οὓς παρέδωκα τῷ σατανᾷ ἵνα παιδευθῶσιν μὴ βλασφημεῖν.¶Read the interlinear

• Among theseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• HymenaeusὙμεναῖοςHumenaios · HymenaeusG5211
• AlexanderἈλέξανδροςAlexandros · AlexanderG223
• handedπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• to SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• taughtπαιδεύωpaideuō · to instructG3811
• not to blasphemeβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 1:20

• 2 Timothy 2:17and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
• Acts 19:33Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.
• 2 Timothy 2:14Remind them of these things, and solemnly exhort them in the presence of God not to dispute about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the listeners.
• 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
• Matthew 18:17And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, he is to be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
• 1 Corinthians 5:4In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
• 2 Corinthians 10:6and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.
• 2 Corinthians 13:10For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
• 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:15And yet do not regard that person as an enemy, but admonish that one as a brother or sister.
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
• Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
• 2 Timothy 3:2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Revelation 13:1And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander - Who had the faith but thrust it away; who had a good conscience through believing, but made shipwreck of it. Hence we find that all this was not only possible, but did actually take place, though some have endeavored to maintain the contrary; who, confounding eternity with a state of probation, have supposed that if a man once enter into the grace of God in this life, he must necessarily continue in it to all eternity…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander - Hymeneus is nowhere else mentioned in the New Testament, except in 2 Timothy 2:17, where he is mentioned in connection with Philetus as a very dangerous man. An Alexander is mentioned in Acts 19:33, which some have supposed to be the same as the one referred to here. It is not certain, however, that the same person is intended; see the notes on that verse. In 2 Timothy 4:14, Alexander the coppersmith is mentioned as one…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-20Verses 18-20 The ministry is a warfare against sin and Satan; carried on under the Lord Jesus, who is the Captain of our salvation. The good hopes others have had of us, should stir us up to duty. And let us be upright in our conduct in all things. The design of the highest censures in the primitive church, was, to prevent further sin, and to reclaim the sinner. May all who are tempted to put away a good conscience, and to abuse the gospel, remember that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Hymenaeus and Alexander might have been leaders or elders in the church at Ephesus (see also 2 Timothy 2:17; 4:14; compare Acts 19:33; 20:29–31). The church was the area of the Holy Spirit's guidance. Paul allowed Hymenaeus and Alexander to be under Satan's influence (instead of the Holy Spirit's) by removing them from the church (see also 2 Timothy 2:25–26; Job 2:6; Matthew 18:17–20; 1 Corinthians 5:2–5; 2 Corinthians 2:5–11). Hymenaeus and Alexander…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Hymenaeus--There is no difficulty in supposing him to be the Hymenæus of 2Ti 2:17. Though "delivered over to Satan" (the lord of all outside the Church, Ac 26:18, and the executor of wrath, when judicially allowed by God, on the disobedient, 1Co 5:5; 2Co 12:7), he probably was restored to the Church subsequently, and again troubled it. Paul, as an apostle, though distant at Rome pronounced the sentence to be executed at Ephesus, involving, probably…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 1:20

• Alexander
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• Backsliders
• Blasphemy
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• Minister, Christian
• Satan
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings