²⁰ Hymenaeus and Alexander are two examples. I threw them out and handed them over to Satan so they might learn not to blaspheme God.

⁴ in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.^[a] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus. ⁵ Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed^[b] and he himself^[c] will be saved on the day the Lord^[d] returns.

¹⁷ This kind of talk spreads like cancer,^[a] as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus.

³² Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

¹⁵ Don’t think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister.^[a]

³³ The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward and told him to explain the situation. He motioned for silence and tried to speak.

⁵ Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months. ⁶ And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his dwelling—that is, those who dwell in heaven.^[a]

The Beast out of the Sea

13 Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.

² For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.