2 Timothy 2:18
who have fallen away from the truth by saying that the resurrection is already complete. And so they have subverted the faith of certain persons.
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In Context
17And their word spreads like a cancer: among these are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Cross References
Matthew 15:13But in response he said: “Every plant which has not been planted by my heavenly Father shall be uprooted.
Luke 8:13Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.
Acts 5:39Yet truly, if it is of God, you will not be able to break it, and perhaps you might be found to have fought against God.” And they agreed with him.
1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is preached, that he rose again from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Timothy 1:19holding to faith and good conscience, against those who, by rejecting these things, have made a shipwreck of the faith.
1 Timothy 6:21Certain persons, promising these things, have perished from the faith. May grace be with you. Amen.
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 →