2 Timothy 2:17

and their message will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

In Context

16Avoid profane chatter, for those who engage in such talk will stray further and further into ungodliness,

18who have strayed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are undermining the faith of some.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:20Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan so 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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