2 Timothy 2:17

and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

18who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:20of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak evil.

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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