“ And their word will eat as doth a canker:b of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; ”
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 nowher...
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 char...
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 hi...
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 eac...
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Their word will eat as doth a canker - Ὡς γαγγραινα· As a gangrene; i.e. as a mortification in the flesh, where the circu...
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 resurrect...
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Will eat, х nomeen ( G3542 ) hexei ( G2192 )] 'will have pasture.' Mortification is the image. They prete...
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 ; 2 Timothy 2:14...
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:...
“Approved unto God” 2 Timothy 2:10-18 The elect , 2 Timothy 2:10-13 : The Apostle sketches the experiences of the elect soul. It must endure, suffer, and die with Christ, that out of its sur...
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, th...
(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...
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 there...
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 bone...
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 misc...
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 co...
Cautions against Error. A. D. 66. 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging th...
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 si...
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 wor...
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...
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 6:10-14 . 2 Timothy 2:3 . Endure hardness,...
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 for...
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...
The Proper Dividing of the Word of God as Contrasted with the Practice of the Errorists.
1 Timothy 1:20 ; James 5:3 ; Nahum 3:15
The Christian's Titles 2 Timothy 2:1-26 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 mi...
And their word — If they go on, will be mischievous as well as vain, and will eat as a gangrene.