of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

 (ii) But Gnosticism could issue in precisely the opposite ethical belief. If the body is evil, it does not matter what a man does with it. Therefore, let him sate his appetites. These things are of no importance, therefore a man can use his body in the most licentious way and it makes no difference. So the Pastorals speak of those who lead away weak women until they are laden with sin and the victims of all kinds of lusts ( 2 Timothy 3:6). Such men profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds ( Titus 1:16). They used their religious beliefs as an excuse for immorality. 