2 Timothy 2:16
Stay prophane, and vaine babblings: for they shall encrease vnto more vngodlinesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
In Context
17And their worde shall fret as a canker: of which sort is Hymeneus and Philetus,
Cross References
Ezra 10:10And Ezra the Priest stoode vp, and said vnto them, Ye haue transgressed, and haue taken strange wiues, to increase the trespasse of Israel.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
2 Thessalonians 2:7For the mysterie of iniquitie doeth already worke: onely he which nowe withholdeth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.
1 Timothy 6:20O Timotheus, keepe that which is committed vnto thee, and auoide prophane and vaine babblings, and oppositios of science falsely so called,
2 Timothy 3:13But the euill men and deceiuers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceiuing, and being deceiued.
Titus 1:14And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commandements of men, that turne away from the trueth.
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 →