II Timothy 2:17
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and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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will eat--literally, "will have pasture." The consuming progress of mortification is the image. They pretend to give rich spiritual pasture to their disciples: the only pasture is that of a spiritual cancer feeding on their vitals. canker--a "cancer" or "gangrene." Hymenaeus--(See on Ti1 1:20). After his excommunication he seems to have been readmitted into the Church and again to have troubled it.
Open source ↗2:17 Hymenaeus was earlier teamed with Alexander (1 Tim 1:20); both of them were still wreaking havoc (2 Tim 4:14-15). • Philetus was Hymenaeus’s new accomplice.
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Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
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Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.