2 Timothy 2:18
men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Cross References
Matthew 15:13But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted.
Luke 8:13And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.
Acts 5:39but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.
1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is proclaimed that he has risen from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Timothy 1:19Holding faith and a good conscience, which some, having put away, made shipwreck about the faith,
1 Timothy 6:21which some men professing have missed the mark concerning the faith. Grace is with thee. Truly.
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 →