American Standard Version of 1901
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and their word will {Or, spread}eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
Alexander the coppersmith {Greek: showed.}did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:
{Or, And some of the multitude instructed Alexander}And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defense unto the people.
to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord {Some ancient authorities omit Jesus.}Jesus.
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
but {Or, now I write}as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
But {Or, when we are judged of the Lord, we are chastened.}when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;