of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
Whom I delivered to Satan ...  Another glimpse of this same apostolic power is found in the case of the incestuous person  (1 Corinthians 5:5), and this is a power no longer on earth.  From this and other passages it is clear that the apostles had such power; but it came to an end with the cessation of miracles.  Hendriksen also was of the opinion that the exercise of it meant excommunication from the church, but that it also included "even more than this, bodily suffering or disease."[43]