2 Timothy 2:16
and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
In Context
17and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Cross References
Ezra 10:10And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, 'Ye — ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;
1 Corinthians 5:6Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
2 Thessalonians 2:7for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] — till he may be out of the way,
1 Timothy 6:20O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,
2 Timothy 3:13and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
Titus 1:14not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
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 →