of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
that they may learn not to blaspheme: The whole design of "delivering unto Satan" was to reform the offender. In this case, these two men were to be punished in hopes that they would learn not to blaspheme. Their blasphemy was not an open and bold slandering of God. They could not have maintained their position in the church had that been the case. But their blasphemy was the false doctrine they taught. One of the things taught by Hymenaeus was that the resurrection was already past (2 Timothy 2:18). The false doctrine of Alexander is not known.