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2 Timotius 2:17

Perkataan mereka menjalar seperti penyakit kanker. Di antara mereka termasuk Himeneus dan Filetus,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canker;   Doctrines;   Holiness;   Hymenaeus;   Influence;   Minister, Christian;   Philetus;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hymeneus;   Philetus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Canker;   Philetus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   Hymenaeus;   John the Apostle;   Philetus;   Timothy;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Canker;   Gangrene;   Hymenaeus;   Philetus;   2 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hymenaeus;   Philetus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gangrene;   Hymenaeus;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Canker,;   Eating;   Hymenaeus ;   Philetus ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Philetus;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hymenae'us;   Phile'tus;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Canker;   Eat;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alexander;   Gangrene;   Hymenaeus;   Philetus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 21;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Perkataan mereka menjalar seperti penyakit kanker. Di antara mereka termasuk Himeneus dan Filetus,
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan perkataan mereka itu makan dalam seperti pekung; di antara mereka itu ada Himeneus dan Piletus,

Contextual Overview

14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, [but] to the peruertyng of ye hearers. 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth. 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse. 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus, 18 Which about the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past alredie, & do ouerthrowe the fayth of some.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their word: Nahum 3:15, James 5:3

canker: or, gangrene

Hymenaeus: 1 Timothy 1:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:3 - deeper Leviticus 13:7 - General Leviticus 13:35 - General Leviticus 14:36 - be not made Deuteronomy 20:18 - General Proverbs 10:16 - the fruit Jeremiah 23:27 - think Jeremiah 27:15 - that I Matthew 16:6 - the leaven Mark 4:17 - have Luke 20:27 - the Sadducees Acts 17:21 - spent Acts 20:30 - of your Romans 6:19 - unto iniquity 1 Corinthians 5:6 - a little 2 Corinthians 11:13 - false Galatians 5:9 - General Ephesians 4:14 - tossed Colossians 2:8 - philosophy 2 Thessalonians 2:7 - doth 2 Timothy 3:13 - evil Hebrews 12:15 - and thereby

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
The heauens also & the earth were finisshed, & all the hoast of them.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.
Genesis 2:6
But there went vp a miste from the earth, & watered the whole face of the grounde.
Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.
Genesis 2:10
And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades.
Genesis 2:12
And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone.
Genesis 2:13
The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon: the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God sayde: It is not good yt the man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym.
Genesis 2:20
And the man gaue names to all cattell, and foule of the ayre, & euery beast of the fielde: but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym.
Genesis 2:21
The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and he slept, and he toke one of his ribbes, and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 therefore to be speedily taken notice of, and stopped. It is better rendered "gangrene", as in the marginal reading, than "cancer".

"The word "gangrene" is Greek g, and is derived by some authors from the Paphlagonian "gangra", a goat; it being the character of a goat to browse the grass all around without shifting. It is more correct, perhaps, to derive it from the Greek word γραω, γραινω, "manduco", "consumo", I eat, I consume. The "gangrene" is a disease in the flesh of the part which it corrupts, consumes, and turns black, spreading and seizing itself of the adjoining parts, and is rarely cured without amputation. By the microscope, a gangrene has been discovered to contain an infinite number of little worms engendered in the morbid flesh; and which continually producing new broods, they swarm, and overrun the adjacent parts: if the gangrene proceed to an utter sphacelation (or mortification), and be seated in any of the limbs, or extreme parts, recourse must be had to the operation of amputation''

And so the errors and heresies of false teachers worm and spread, and feed upon the souls of men, and eat up the vitals of religion, or what seemed to be such, and even destroy the very form of godliness; and bring destruction and death, wherever they come; and when they get into Christian churches, threaten the ruin of them; and therefore are to be opposed in time, and those infected with them to be cut off.

Of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; these were some of the principal among the false teachers, the chief authors and spreaders of error and heresy: the former of these is mentioned before in 1 Timothy 1:20 along with Alexander, as guilty of blasphemy, and as delivered up to Satan for it. Philetus is a Greek name as well as the other, though it is sometimes found in Roman inscriptions h: it is very likely that these were both in Asia, and probably in Ephesus, or near to it, since the apostle mentions them by name to Timothy, that he might beware of them.

g See Chambers's Cyclopedia in the word "Gangrene". h Vid. Kirchman. de Funer. Roman. l. 3. c. 10. p. 390.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 New Testament. It is derived from γραιω graiō, γραινω grainō, to devour, corrode,” and means “gangrene” or “mortification” - the death of a part, spreading, unless arrested, by degrees over the whole body. The words rendered “will eat,” mean “will have nutriment;” that is, will spread over and consume the healthful parts. It will not merely destroy the parts immediately affected, but will extend into the surrounding healthy parts and destroy them also. So it is with erroneous doctrines. They will not merely eat out the truth in the particular matter to which they refer, but they will also spread over and corrupt other truths. The doctrines of religion are closely connected, and are dependent on each other - like the different parts of the human body. One cannot be corrupted without affecting those adjacent to it, and unless checked, the corruption will soon spread over the whole.

Of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus - In regard to Hymenaeus, see the notes at 1 Timothy 1:20. Of Philetus nothing more is known. They have gained an undesirable immortality, destined to be known to the end of time only as the advocates of error.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 continues to corrupt all the circumjacent flesh, spreading more and more till death takes place, unless stopped by a timely and judicious application of medicine. Such is the influence of false doctrine; it fixes its mortal seed in the soul, which continues to corrupt and assimilate every thing to itself, till, if not prevented by a timely application of the word of life, under the direction of the heavenly Physician, it terminates in the bitter pains of an eternal death. To such a gangrene the apostle compares the corrupt doctrines of Hymeneus and Philetus.


 
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