2 Timothy 2:17
and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
In Context
16But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:20of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, so that they may be disciplined not to blaspheme.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:15-19
Cautions against Error. ( a. d. 66.) 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus; 18 Who concerning the truth have… Read the whole commentary →