2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
And their word will eate as doth a ‖canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, gangrene.
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15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
15There shall the fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy selfe many as the cankerworme, make thy selfe many as the locusts.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
3Your gold and siluer is cankered, and the rust of them shall bee a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh as it were fire: ye haue heaped treasure together for the last dayes.
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2 Timothy 2:17
Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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Sense 1: A spreading, consuming sore. Sense 2: Figuratively, a destructive corruption.
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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.
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16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
16But shun profane and vaine bablings, for they will increase vnto more vngodlinesse.
17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
17And their word will eate as doth a ‖canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus.
Selected passage18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
18Who concerning the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past alreadie, and ouerthrow the faith of some.