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Hymenaeus , in the New Testament, Christian denounced by Paul for heresy or apostasy.

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Hymenaeus Denounced in the Pastoral Epistles (1 Tim. 1: 20; 2 Tim. 2: 17) for the Gnostic heresy of denying that there will be a future resurrection.

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