16 But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness, 17 and their message will spread[a] like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have deviated concerning the truth by[b] saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:17 Literally “will experience spreading”
  2. 2 Timothy 2:18 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saying”) which is understood as means