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1 Timothy 1:18-20 ESV

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1 Timothy 1:18-20

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18 This charge m I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with n the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may o wage the good warfare, 19 p holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have q made shipwreck of their faith, 20 among whom are r Hymenaeus and s Alexander, whom I t have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to u blaspheme.

1 Timothy 1:18-20 NA28

1 Timothy 1:18-20

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18 Ταύτην τὴν παραγγελίαν παρατίθεμαί σοι, τέκνον Τιμόθεε, κατὰ τὰς προαγούσας ἐπὶ σὲ προφητείας, ἵνα στρατεύῃ ἐν αὐταῖς τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν 19 ἔχων πίστιν καὶ ἀγαθὴν συνείδησιν, ἥν τινες ἀπωσάμενοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἐναυάγησαν, 20 ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος, οὓς παρέδωκα τῷ σατανᾷ, ἵνα παιδευθῶσιν μὴ βλασφημεῖν.

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Ταύτην τὴν παραγγελίαν παρατίθεμαί σοι, τέκνον Τιμόθεε,

This charge m I entrust to you, Timothy, my child,

κατὰ τὰς προαγούσας ἐπὶ σὲ προφητείας,

in accordance with n the prophecies previously made about you,

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ἵνα στρατεύῃ ἐν αὐταῖς τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν

that by them you may o wage the good warfare,

ἔχων πίστιν καὶ ἀγαθὴν συνείδησιν,

p holding faith and a good conscience.

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ἥν τινες ἀπωσάμενοι

By rejecting this,

περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἐναυάγησαν,

some have q made shipwreck of their faith,

ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος,

among whom are r Hymenaeus and s Alexander,

οὓς παρέδωκα τῷ σατανᾷ,

whom I t have handed over to Satan

ἵνα παιδευθῶσιν μὴ βλασφημεῖν.

that they may learn not to u blaspheme.

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Paul reiterates again the importance of Timothy’s charge. This charge (to defend the church from false doctrine) had been confirmed by the words of others about Timothy, given by the Holy Spirit (1:18b). Remembering these prophecies would greatly aid Timothy in continuing on in his task and waging “the good warfare.” Others, however, had rejected this task (1:6-7) They were not interested in stewarding the word of God and shepherding his people, but instead the wandered away into their own fancied discussions and speculations. This was the route by which they “made shipwreck of their faith.” We should notice three things here: These men were dangerous to the faith of the church, and Paul explicitly names them both as examples to Timothy of men not to imitate. Regardless of one’s position on whether these two men were ever Christian’s or not, it shows us that our doctrine is closely linked with our salvation. There is a “stewardship from God that is by faith” (1:4), and rejecting that stewardship is like sinking the only lifeboat available. A failure to appropriately handle and apply the word of God does not only result in shipwrecking one’s own faith; it amounts to blasphemy against God, the result of which is the church handing you over to Satan.