2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
KJV
καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτῶν ὡς γάγγραινα νομὴν ἕξει· ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Φίλητος,
Greek NT
et sermo eorum ut cancer serpit : ex quibus est Hymenæus et Philetus,
Vulgate
and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
ASV
And their speech spreadeth like a canker: of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Φίλητος
philetos
noun · 1×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάγγραινα
gaggraina
noun · 1×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
νομή
nome
noun · 2×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Ὑμεναῖος
umenaios
noun · 2×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But that what I say may become clearer, we must needs in what follows attend to the very words. What then are these? I make known unto you, brethren, says he, the gospel which I preached unto you. Do you see with what modesty he commences? Do you see how from the beginning he points out that he is bringing in no new nor strange thing? For he who makes known that which was al…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 1:20 — Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
- 1Tim 1:20 — Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
- 2Cor 11:13 — For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- 2Thess 2:7 — For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
- Eph 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
- Gal 5:9 — A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- Jas 5:3 — Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
- Luke 20:27 — Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- Mark 4:17 — And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
- Nah 3:15 — There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.