²⁰ among whom are ^(A)Hymenaeus and ^(B)Alexander, whom I ^(C)have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to ^(D)blaspheme.

⁴ When you are assembled ^(A)in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵ you are ^(B)to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so ^(C)that his spirit may be saved ^(D)in the day of the Lord.^[a]

¹⁷ and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are ^(A)Hymenaeus and Philetus,

³² But when we are judged by the Lord, ^(A)we are disciplined^[a] so that we may not be ^(B)condemned along with the world.

^15 (A)Do not regard him as an enemy, but ^(B)warn him as a brother.

^19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

³³ Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander, ^(A)motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.

⁵ And the beast was given ^(A)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(B)forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven.

The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, ^(A)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and ^(B)blasphemous names on its heads.

² For people will be ^(A)lovers of self, ^(B)lovers of money, ^(C)proud, ^(D)arrogant, abusive, ^(E)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,