Engage in Battle

18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies(A) previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, 19 having faith(B) and a good conscience.(C) Some(D) have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith. 20 Hymenaeus(E) and Alexander(F) are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan,(G) so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

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Paul’s Charge to Timothy

18 I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some, because they[a] have rejected these, have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith, 20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:19 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have rejected”) which is understood as causal