2 Timothy 2:17

And their speech spreadeth like a canker: of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness.

18Who have erred from the truth, saying, that the resurrection is past already, and have subverted the faith of some.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:20Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered up to Satan, that they may learn 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 →

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