2 Timothy 2:17
What meaning of the 2 timothy 2:17 in the Bible?
What does 2 Timothy 2:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And their word will eat as doth a canker:b of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;"
What does 2 Timothy 2:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And their word will eat as doth a canker:b of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;"
Verse 17. _THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER_] ως γαγγραινα. _As a gangrene_; i.e. as a _mortification in the flesh_, where the circulation is entirely stopped, and putrefaction takes place, which...
AND THEIR WORD - The word, or the discourses of those who love vain and idle disputations. WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER - Margin, “gangrene.” This word - γάγγραινα gangraina - occurs nowhere else in the...
II. FAITH'S CONFLICT AND THE BELIEVER'S PATH CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The apostle's charge (2 Timothy 2:1)_ 2. As soldier and husbandman (2 Timothy 2:3) 3. Identification with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8) 4. Exh...
CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING PRESENT ERROR. The false teaching considered in this epistle is partly present and partly future. Paul's first charge relates to the former type. For its _general charact...
THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
EAT. Literally have pasture (Greek. _nome._ Only here and John 10:9), CANKER. gangrene. Greek. _gangraina._ Only here. HYMENESUS Compare 1 Timothy 1:20 PHILETUE, Nothing is known of him....
The Especial Sphere of both Personal and Ministerial Zeal is (1) Pure Doctrine, (2) a Pure Life The proper connexion is to be sought in the earlier part of the previous passage, particularly 2 Timoth...
ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _and their word_, sc. not specifically their ‘doctrine’ but their ‘talk’; cp. 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:6. ὩΣ ΓΆΓΓΡΑΙΝΑ, _as a gangrene_. The word does not occur else...
ΓΆΓΓΡΑΙΝΑ (G1044) гангрена, рак, растущая опухоль. Это болезнь, от которой воспаляется какая-л. часть тела, настолько заразная, что, если не применить вовремя меры против распространения воспаления, б...
OF WHOM IS HYMENEUS AND PHILETUS;— Among the various conjectures concerning the opinions of _Hymeneus_ and _Philetus,_ it seems most probable that they insisted, that the doctrine of _the resurrection...
e. As a workman 2 Timothy 2:14-19 _TEXT 2:14-19_ 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subvertin...
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; WILL EAT, [ nomeen (G3542) hexei (G2192)] 'will have pasture.' Mortification is the image. They pretend to give rich sp...
2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
EXHORTATIONS TO FLRMNESS, UNCONTENTIOUSNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE 1-26. The duties of God's ministers are, (1) to maintain the faith against assailants and seducers (2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2 Timo...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 APPEAL TO BE STRONG AND TO SUFFER (2:1-13) V1 You then, my child, be strong with the help of Christ Jesus...
CHAPTER 32 THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH. - 2 Timothy 2:14...
Discourage the new false teaching by precept and example. There is no need, however, that you should despair of the Church. It is founded upon a rock, in spite of appearances. Take a broad view of the...
“APPROVED UNTO GOD” 2 Timothy 2:10 _ The elect_, 2 Timothy 2:10: The Apostle sketches the experiences of the elect soul. It must endure, suffer, and die with Christ, that out of its surrender may com...
In order to fulfil the ideal revealed in the instructions, Timothy was charged to "be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." The apostle employed three figures of speech, the soldier, the...
URGENT MATTERS IN THE MIDST OF DOCTRINAL ERROR Paul charged his son in the gospel with reminding those who would listen to him of the truths listed in the previous verses. Any charge placed before one...
_Like a cancer; [8] others say a canker or gangrene, a distempter that eats the flesh and parts affected. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Ut cancer, _Greek: os gaggraina._...
(14) В¶ 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 shew thyself approved...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
17_And their word will eat as a gangrene _I have been told by Benedict Textor, a physician, that this passage is badly translated by Erasmus, who, out of two diseases quite different from each other,...
The truth was the especial treasure committed to him; and he has not only to keep it, as we have seen, but to take care that it was propagated and communicated to others after him, and perhaps still f...
AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANCER,.... Or "gangrene", which gnaws and feeds upon the flesh, inflames and mortifies as it goes, and spreads swiftly, and endangers the whole body; and is therefor...
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Ver. 17. _Eat as doth a gangrene_] Which presently overruns the parts, and takes the brain, pierceth into the very bones,...
_But shun profane and vain babblings_ See on 1 Timothy 1:4; _for they will increase_, &c. Though the evil of some of them may not immediately appear, and they may seem trifling rather than mischievous...
THEIR WORD; their pernicious teachings. WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER; will eat into the spiritual body as a mortifying sore spreads through the natural body. The words describe both the malignant nature...
THE PROPER DIVIDING OF THE WORD OF GOD AS CONTRASTED WITH THE PRACTICE OF THE ERRORISTS....
If in chapter 1 we have seen the blessedness of God's abiding presence in His beloved saints - whatever may be the human failure everywhere - now in chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, there is a resulting con...
CANKER: Or, gangrene...
14-21 Those disposed to strive, commonly strive about matters of small moment. But strifes of words destroy the things of God. The apostle mentions some who erred. They did not deny the resurrection,...
OLBGrk; AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER; in the Greek it is: And their word will have pasture (or place to feed upon) as a gangrene: we have ill translated the word _a canker, _ for it signif...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II rom being able to raise the dead, as the Lord raised them, and the apostles did by means of prayer, and as has been frequently done in the brotherhood on account of...
2 Timothy 2:17 And G2532 their G846 message G3056 spread G2192 (G5692) G3542 like G5613 cancer G1044 Hymenaeus G5211 and G2532 Philetus G5372 are G2076 (G5748) sort G3739 their word - Nahum 3:15; Jam...
2 Timothy 2:17. CANKER. Another medical word - Literally _‘gangrene,'_ the state between inflammation and entire mortification. The word is used by Hippocrates sometimes in this special sense, sometim...
WILL EAT (νομην εξε). "Will have (future active of εχω) pasturage or increase" (νομη, old word from νεμω, to pasture, in N.T. only here and John 10:9).AS DOTH GANGRENE (ως γαγγραινα). Late word ...
2 Timothy 2:15. _Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth._ This is a metaphor taken from the action of the priest at the...
CONTENTS: Walk of a good soldier of Christ in times of apostasy. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, David, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who have work to do for Christ must stir them...
2 Timothy 2:1. _Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus._ Be strong in the Lord, and in every virtue. This is chiefly repeated from Ephesians 6:10. 2 Timothy 2:3. _Endure hardness,_ or hardship...
WHAT THEY TEACH. The false teachings mentioned in 2 Timothy 2:16 will eat into men's souls like cancer! See notes on 1 Timothy 6:4-5. HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS. See note on 1 Timothy 1:20. Nothing is kno...
_Their word will eat as doth a canker._ GANGRENE The substitution of “gangrene” for “cancer” is an improvement, as giving the exact word used in the original, which expresses the meaning more forcib...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:17 SPREAD LIKE GANGRENE. This phrase pictures the false teaching killing as it spreads. This is in contrast to the “healthy” or “sound” teaching of Paul (see note on 1 Ti...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 2:14. CHARGING THEM.—Adjure them on their oath of fealty. 2 Timothy 2:15. STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF.—R.V. “Give diligence to present thyself.” The word expresse...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 2:1 _Child _for _son_, A.V.; _strengthened _for _strong, _A.V. BE STRENGTHENED (ἐνδυναμοῦ)_; _more exactly (as Huther), _become strong, _or, which is the same thing, _strengthe...
Ver. 17. _And their word will eat as a gangrene._ A gangrene is described by Galen as “an eating sore,” or a tumour in the state between inflammation and entire mortification, and tending to the latte...
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace (2 Timothy 2:1) You see, it is legalism that is threatening the church. This idea that you can work yourself into divine favor. So "be strong in the gra...
1 Timothy 1:20; James 5:3; Nahum 3:15...
Will eat [ν ο μ η ν ε ξ ε ι]. Lit. will have pasturage, and sO grow. Nomh purov a spreading of fire : a sore is said nomhn poieisqai to spread. Comp. Acts 4:17, dianemhqh spread, of the influence of t...
THE CHRISTIAN'S TITLES 2 Timothy 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will discuss the seven distinctive names under which Paul addressed his son in the faith. As a prelude to these seven names, it might be h...
And their word — If they go on, will be mischievous as well as vain, and will eat as a gangrene....