What does 2 Timothy 2:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some."
2 TIMOTHY 2:18 @th.n# avna,stasin {C} In view of the variety of ways in which copyists might have interpreted, or misinterpreted, the significance of the author’s reference to avna,stasin, the Commi...
Verse 18. _WHO CONCERNING THE TRUTH HAVE ERRED_] They had the _truth_, but _erred_ or _wandered from it_, saying the resurrection was already past, and thus denying the resurrection of the body, and,...
WHO CONCERNING THE TRUTH HAVE ERRED - To what extent they had erred is unknown. Paul mentions only one point - that pertaining to the resurrection; but says that this was like a gangrene. It would cer...
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)...
WHO. For they. CONCERNING. App-104. HAVE. Omit. ERRED. See 1 Timothy 1:6. RESURRECTION. App-178. IS PAST. has taken place. OVERTHROW. overturn. Greek. _anatrepo._ Only here end Titus 1:11. FAIT...
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...
THE SPECULATIONS OF HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS...
ΉΣΤΌΧΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΤΟΧΈΩ (G795) не попадать в цель, сбиваться с пути (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:6). ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part._ (modal) ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, претендовать. ΓΕΓΟΝΈΝΑΙ _perf. ac...
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...
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. ERRED, [ eestocheesan (G795)] - 'missed the aim' (note 1 Timothy 6:21). IS PAST...
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...
2:18 astray, (k-9) Or 'missed the mark.' But this, though exact, is too familiar; and 'missed the truth' has another sense. see Note, 1 Timothy 6:21 ....
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...
_Saying: That the resurrection is past already. It is uncertain what these heretics meant. Some say they held no resurrection, but that by which some died and some were born. Others that they admitted...
(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...
18_Who, concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is already past _After having said that they had departed from “the truth,” he specifies their error, which consisted in this, tha...
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...
WHO CONCERNING THE TRUTH HAVE ERRED,.... That is, the two persons just mentioned; they fell from the truth, wandered and departed from it; they did not keep to the Scriptures of truth, but deviated fr...
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Ver. 18. _Have erred_] Gr. ηστοχησαν, have missed the mark, as unskilful archers, o...
2 Tim. 2:18. "Who concerning the truth have erred, saying, that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some." The Jews before Christ, had a general belief that there would be a r...
_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...
THAT THE RESURRECTION IS PAST ALREADY; perhaps they explained the doctrine of the resurrection figuratively of the regeneration of men's souls by the grace of the gospel....
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...
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,...
WHO CONCERNING THE TRUTH HAVE ERRED; these two he saith had already erred as to the doctrine of faith, giving heed to profane and vain babblings. SAYING THAT THE RESURRECTION IS PAST ALREADY; their pa...
Didache but to every one that acts amiss[133]...
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2 Timothy 2:18. SAYING THAT THE RESURRECTION IS PAST ALREADY. In the absence of clearer evidence, we cannot speak with certainty of the nature of the error, but the words apparently point to a Gnostic...
MEN WHO (οιτινες). "The very ones who."HAVE ERRED (ηστοχησαν). "Missed the mark." First aorist active indicative of αστοχεω, for which see 1 Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 6:21.THAT THE RESURRECTION IS P...
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...
BY SAYING. They said the only resurrection was a _moral resurrection of the soul._ Compare 1 Corinthians 15:12 and note. These false teachers combined a believable but false spirituality (sentimentali...
_Saying that the resurrection is past already._ ERROR CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION The resurrection of the body, always a difficulty in ancient modes of thought, was especially so to those who, with t...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:18 The idea that the RESURRECTION HAS ALREADY HAPPENED seems similar to some errors Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians 15:1 (see especially 1 Corinthians 15:12). Apparently...
_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. 18. The apostle now points to specific examples of what he meant: _Of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus, men who_ (οἵτινες) _concerning the truth swerved_ (or went astray, see at 1 Timothy 1:6), _sa...
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 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 John 2:19; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:14; Acts 5:39; Colossians 3:1;...
Have erred [η σ τ ο χ η σ α ν]. See on 1 Timothy 1:6. The resurrection [α ν α σ τ α σ ι ν]. Only here in Pastorals....
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...
Saying the resurrection is already past — Perhaps asserting that it is only the spiritual passing from death unto life....