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Hymenaeus was a man who had rejected the faith and was handed over to Satan by Paul so that he might learn not to blaspheme.
Hymenaeus was a man whom Paul mentions twice in the Pastoral Epistles as a dangerous false teacher. In 1 Timothy 1:20 Paul states that he 'handed over' Hymenaeus and Alexander to Satan so that they might be taught not to blaspheme, a form of ecclesiastical discipline intended to bring about repentance. In 2 Timothy 2:17–18 Hymenaeus appears again alongside Philetus, accused of teaching that 'the resurrection has already taken place,' thereby overturning the faith of some believers. He stands as a prominent example in the Pauline letters of the danger posed by theological deviance within the early church.