Blasphemy
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Lev. 24:11, 15, 16) — one of the gravest sins, consisting of the utterance of impudent and blasphemous words against God and the providence of God. By the Law of Moses, blasphemy was punished by death, namely: the guilty party was led outside the camp and stoned with stones (Lev. 24:15, 16). Among the kinds of blasphemy, especially grave is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matt. 12:31; Mark 3:28–30), according to the commandment of the Savior: “All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men… neither in this world, neither in the world to come” (Matt. 12:31, 32).
Hymenaeus and Alexander, mentioned in the First Epistle of the Apostle Paul to Timothy (1:20), were delivered by the apostle to terrible punishment for blasphemy, and in the future, by the word of God, judgment upon such people does not delay, and their destruction does not slumber (2 Pet. 2:3; Jude 8–11, 14, 15).