It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching for dishonest gain what they should not.

Because we have heard that some to whom we gave no authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,

having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

Hymenaeus and Alexander are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

Remind them of these things, charging them before God not to fight about words; this is in no way profitable and leads to the ruin of the hearers.

For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

"But his master replied to him, 'You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven't sown and gather where I haven't scattered,

" 'So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has 10 talents.

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

"He told him, 'I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! [If] you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow,

Anyone who believes in Him is not judged, but anyone who does not believe is already judged, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: "It was necessary that God's message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it, and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God's judgment.