2 Timothy 2:17 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁷ and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ and their ideas will spread like an infection. This includes Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And their word spreads like a cancer: among these are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 2:17 Cross References

Nahum 3:15

There will the fire devour you, the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust, multiply like the grasshopper!

Acts 14:2

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

1 Timothy 1:20

among them Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.