2 Timothy 2:17

And their discourse, like an eating cancer, will lay hold upon many. And one of these is Hymeneus, and another Philetus;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Avoid vain discourses, in which there is no profit; for they very much add to the wickedness of those occupied with them.

18who have wandered from the truth, while they say, The resurrection of the dead hath passed: and they subvert the faith of some.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:20like Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered up to Satan, that they may learn not to be blasphemers.

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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