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2 Timothy 2:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

2 Timothy 2:17

Verse 17 of 26

Scripture focus

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

2 Timothy 2:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:17

Theological / Devotional

Eat. The damage caused by empty religious chatter (v. 16) will spread. Such would-be teachers should not even be given a hearing, but shunned altogether.

Canker. Gr. gangraina, “gangrene,” that is, a disease that eats away the flesh and continually spreads to other parts of the body. The loquacious word battlers (v. 14) and empty talkers (v. 16) feed on the attention given them.

Hymenaeus. See 1 Tim. 1:20. To be remembered only for subversion and ungodly behavior is the height of tragedy.

Philetus. Of him no further information is available in the Bible.

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