In this verse Paul speaks of two troublemakers, Hymenaeus and Alexander and that he handed them over to Satan so that they would be taught not to blaspheme. Several lessons emerge: 1) There is a time to drop names and warn others about troublemakers by name. 2) Sin and false teaching are not to be tolerated in the church. 3) Excommunication is being handed over to Satan, where the offender will be badly treated. 4) Excommunication can be redemptive, as it was in 1 Corinthians 5, but it is not always so. There is no record of the repentance of Hymenaeus and Alexander. In fact, when Paul wrote to Timothy again (in 2 Timothy), he mentioned both men again and they were still a problem. The basis for doing church discipline is not the redemption of the sinner. We can hope for that. But whether the offending person is saved or not, we must practice church discipline for the purity and glory of the church of Christ.
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