2 Timothy 2:18

2 Timothy 2:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
• New International Version (NIV)who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
• New King James Version (NKJV)who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

Context of 2 Timothy 2:18

16But stay away from people who talk about silly things that are not important to God. A message like that causes people to live more and more in a way that does not please God. 17It causes people to become sick in their spirits. More and more people become sick as a result. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two of the people who teach that kind of false message. They no longer teach God's true message. They say that God will not raise dead people any more, because he has already given life to dead people. In this way they have confused the minds of some people, so that they no longer believe in Christ. 19But the group of true believers remains strong, like the foundation under a building. God has written his message there. It says, ‘The Lord knows who his own people are.’ It also says, ‘Everyone who says that he belongs to the Lord must stop doing bad things.’ 20In a big house, there are different kinds of dishes. There are some dishes that people have made from gold or from silver. They see those dishes as valuable things. There are also dishes that people have made from wood or from clay. Those dishes are not special things and they may get dirty.

2 Timothy 2:18 word by word

οἵτινες περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἠστόχησαν λέγοντες τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἤδη γεγονέναι, καὶ ἀνατρέπουσιν τήν τινων πίστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whoὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• have erredἀστοχέωastocheō · to deviateG795
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thatγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• alreadyἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• overthrowἀνατρέπωanatrepō · to overturnG396
• the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• of someτιςtis · oneG5100

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:18

• Matthew 22:29Jesus said to the Sadducees, ‘You are wrong. This is because you do not know the Bible. And you do not know how powerful God is.
• 1 Timothy 1:19You must continue to trust God. Always do what you know to be right. Some people have refused to do what is right, even when they know what they should do. As a result, they no longer believe God's true message.
• 1 Timothy 6:10When people like to have lots of money, it causes all kinds of bad things to happen. Some people have stopped believing the message about Christ because they want to get more money. As a result, they have caused themselves to become sad with many troubles.
• Hebrews 3:10That is why I became angry with them. I said, “They always want to do what is wrong. They refuse to understand my message.”
• James 5:19My Christian friends, if anyone among you turns away from God's true message, you should help him. Try to bring him back to God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:12We all speak this message: God raised Christ up after his death. But some of you say that dead people do not live again.
• Colossians 3:1God has raised you with Christ to a new life. So you should want more and more the things that belong to heaven. That is where Christ is now. He sits there at God's right side.
• 2 Timothy 2:14Continue to tell these things to God's people there, so that they remember them. Use God's authority and warn them not to quarrel about words. To quarrel about little things does not help anyone. Instead, it destroys those people who listen.
• Matthew 15:13Jesus replied, ‘Those Pharisees are like plants that my Father God did not put in the ground. Like a farmer, he will completely pull all those plants out of the ground.
• Luke 8:13Some seeds fell on ground with rocks in it. This is like people who hear the message from God and they are very happy for a time. But they are like plants that have not grown down well into the soil. They believe in God for a short time. But when they have problems, they stop believing.
• Luke 22:31Jesus then said, ‘Simon, Simon, be careful to listen to me! Satan has asked to have authority over you all. He will shake you as a farmer shakes seeds.
• Acts 5:39But perhaps what they are doing really does come from God himself. If that is true, then you cannot stop them. You might even find that you are fighting against God!’
• 1 Corinthians 11:19Perhaps there must be separate groups among you. Then everyone can see clearly which group God accepts as right!
• 1 John 2:19These people used to be in our group of believers. But they left us. They never really belonged to our group. If they had been true believers, they would have remained with us. When they left us, it showed clearly that none of them really belonged to us.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Who concerning the truth have erred - They had the truth, but erred or wandered from it, saying the resurrection was already past, and thus denying the resurrection of the body, and, by consequence, future rewards and punishments; and this necessarily sapped the foundation of all religion: and thus the gangrene had, in reference to their unhappy votaries, a rapid and unchecked operation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Who concerning the truth have erred - To what extent they had erred is unknown. Paul mentions only one point - that pertaining to the resurrection; but says that this was like a gangrene. It would certainly, unless checked, destroy all the other doctrines of religion. No man can safely hold a single error, any more than he can safely have one part of his body in a state of mortification. Saying that the resurrection is past already - It is not known in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 Those disposed to strive, commonly strive about matters of small moment. But strifes of words destroy the things of God. The apostle mentions some who erred. They did not deny the resurrection, but they corrupted that true doctrine. Yet nothing can be so foolish or erroneous, but it will overturn the temporary faith of some professors. This foundation has two writings on it. One speaks our comfort. None can overthrow the faith of any whom God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18They say that the resurrection has already occurred: Compare 2 Thessalonians 2:2. These false teachers might have distorted Paul's teachings on resurrection (Romans 6:5; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 1:3; 2:6; 5:14; Colossians 2:12; 3:1–4). They perhaps taught that people already fully participated in the life of heaven and that physical resurrection would not happen. They might have believed that a person's actions in the body did not matter because bodies…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. erred--Greek, "missed the aim" (see 1Ti 6:21). is past already--has already taken place. The beginnings of the subsequent Gnostic heresy already existed. They "wrested" (2Pe 3:16) Paul's own words (Ro 6:4; Ep 2:6; Col 2:12) "to their own destruction," as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin. Compare 1Co 15:12, where he shows all our hopes of future glory rest on the literal reality of the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 2:18

• Doctrines
• Influence
• Minister, Christian
• Philetus
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Approved
• Commit
• Deny
• Eat
• Endure
• Entangle
• Eternal
• Faithful
• Foolish

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings