Other texts in the Pauline corpus
of the NT suggest that Satan still fills the role he held in 2TP (i.e., he is
an officer in the heavenly court who operates under the authority and
sovereignty of God). In 1 Corinthians 5:5, Paul commands that one who is
sinning greatly in the church be "handed over" (paradounai) to
Satan for punishment and cleansing, understood as remedial in nature, a type of
action unfamiliar to the nature of Satan in later Christian tradition. 1
Timothy 1:19-20 states that Paul hands over two individuals to Satan for
correction for blaspheming; again, a remedial action unfamiliar to the modern
Christian Satan tradition. These two instances may suggest a connection to Job
1:12-“Very well: Yahweh said to Satan, 'all he has is in your power. But keep
your hands off his person: So, Satan left the presence of Yahweh.” (Archie T.
Wright, “Demons in the New Testament,” in The Oxford Handbook of Biblical
Monsters, ed. Brandon R. Grafius and John W. Morehead [Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2025], 320)
