2 Timothy 2:17

And their words as an eating cancer will lay hold upon many: but one of them is Hymeneos, and another Philetos,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16From vain words which have no utility in them withdraw; for they add greatly to the wickedness of those who are occupied with them.

18who have erred from the truth, saying, that the resurrection of the dead hath been, and the faith of some overturning.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:20as Hymeneos and Alexandros, whom I have delivered to Satana, that they may not 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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