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Verse 17. _THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER_] ως
γαγγραινα. _As a gangrene_; i.e. as a _mortification in the
flesh_, where the circulation is entirely stopped, and putrefaction
takes place, which...
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AND THEIR WORD - The word, or the discourses of those who love vain
and idle disputations.
WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER - Margin, “gangrene.” This word -
γάγγραινα gangraina - occurs nowhere else in the...
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II. FAITH'S CONFLICT AND THE BELIEVER'S PATH
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The apostle's charge (2 Timothy 2:1)_
2. As soldier and husbandman (2 Timothy 2:3)
3. Identification with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8)
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CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING PRESENT ERROR.
The false teaching considered in this epistle is partly present and
partly future. Paul's first charge relates to the former type. For its
_general characte...
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THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
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Put out every effort to present yourself to God as one who has stood
the test, as a workman who has no need to be ashamed, as one who
rightly handles the word of truth.
Avoid these godless chattering...
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EAT. Literally have pasture (Greek. _nome._ Only here and John 10:9),
CANKER. gangrene. Greek. _gangraina._ Only here.
HYMENESUS Compare 1 Timothy 1:20
PHILETUE, Nothing is known of him....
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_their word_ As opposed to -the word of truth" above, the fictions and
heresies in which the Gnostic scheme expressed itself.
_will eat_ Lit. -will have pasture." The word occurs John 10:9 -will
find...
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The Especial Sphere of both Personal and Ministerial Zeal is (1) Pure
Doctrine, (2) a Pure Life
The proper connexion is to be sought in the earlier part of the
previous passage, particularly 2 Timoth...
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THE SPECULATIONS OF HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS...
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ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _and their word_, sc. not
specifically their ‘doctrine’ but their ‘talk’; cp. 2
Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:6.
ὩΣ ΓΆΓΓΡΑΙΝΑ, _as a gangrene_. The word does not occur
elsew...
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OF WHOM IS HYMENEUS AND PHILETUS;— Among the various conjectures
concerning the opinions of _Hymeneus_ and _Philetus,_ it seems most
probable that they insisted, that the doctrine of _the resurrection...
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e.
As a workman 2 Timothy 2:14-19
_TEXT 2:14-19_
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight
of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the
subverting...
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And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus;
WILL EAT, [ nomeen (G3542) hexei (G2192)] 'will have pasture.'
Mortification is the image. They pretend to give rich spi...
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8 The literal resurrection of Christ as the Seed of David seems to be
the apostle's answer to the theory of a spiritual resurrection. The
Seed of David can be nothing less than a literal Man.
10 'The...
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2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably
sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations
existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
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EXHORTATIONS TO FLRMNESS, UNCONTENTIOUSNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE
1-26. The duties of God's ministers are, (1) to maintain the faith
against assailants and seducers (2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2
Timot...
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HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK
2 TIMOTHY
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 2
APPEAL TO BE STRONG AND TO SUFFER (2:1-13)
V1 You then, my child, be strong with the help of Christ Jesus...
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CHAPTER 32
THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF
DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH
WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH. - 2 Timothy 2:14
W...
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Discourage the new false teaching by precept and example. There is no
need, however, that you should despair of the Church. It is founded
upon a rock, in spite of appearances. Take a broad view of the...
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ὡς γάγγραινα νομὴν ἕξει : _spread_, R.V.m., _ut
cancer serpit_, Vulg. Ell. compares Ovid. _Metam_. ii. 825, “solet
immedicabile cancer Serpere, et illaesas vitiatis addere partes”.
Alf. supplies many...
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“APPROVED UNTO GOD”
2 Timothy 2:10
_ The elect_, 2 Timothy 2:10: The Apostle sketches the experiences of
the elect soul. It must endure, suffer, and die with Christ, that out
of its surrender may com...
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In order to fulfil the ideal revealed in the instructions, Timothy was
charged to "be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." The
apostle employed three figures of speech, the soldier, the...
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URGENT MATTERS IN THE MIDST OF DOCTRINAL ERROR
Paul charged his son in the gospel with reminding those who would
listen to him of the truths listed in the previous verses. Any charge
placed before one...
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_Like a cancer; [8] others say a canker or gangrene, a distempter that
eats the flesh and parts affected. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Ut cancer, _Greek: os gaggraina._...
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(14) В¶ Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them
before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to
the subverting of the hearers. (15) Study to shew thyself approved...
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Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the
same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things
had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
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17_And their word will eat as a gangrene _I have been told by Benedict
Textor, a physician, that this passage is badly translated by Erasmus,
who, out of two diseases quite different from each other,...
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The truth was the especial treasure committed to him; and he has not
only to keep it, as we have seen, but to take care that it was
propagated and communicated to others after him, and perhaps still
f...
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AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANCER,.... Or "gangrene", which
gnaws and feeds upon the flesh, inflames and mortifies as it goes, and
spreads swiftly, and endangers the whole body; and is therefor...
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And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus;
Ver. 17. _Eat as doth a gangrene_] Which presently overruns the
parts, and takes the brain, pierceth into the very bones,...
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_But shun profane and vain babblings_ See on 1 Timothy 1:4; _for they
will increase_, &c. Though the evil of some of them may not
immediately appear, and they may seem trifling rather than
mischievous...
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THEIR WORD; their pernicious teachings.
WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER; will eat into the spiritual body as a
mortifying sore spreads through the natural body. The words describe
both the malignant nature...
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AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER; OF WHOM IS HYMENAEUS AND
PHILETUS,...
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THE PROPER DIVIDING OF THE WORD OF GOD AS CONTRASTED WITH THE PRACTICE
OF THE ERRORISTS....
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If in chapter 1 we have seen the blessedness of God's abiding presence
in His beloved saints - whatever may be the human failure everywhere -
now in chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, there is a resulting con...
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CANKER:
Or, gangrene...
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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,...
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OLBGrk;
AND THEIR WORD WILL EAT AS DOTH A CANKER; in the Greek it is: And
their word will have pasture (or place to feed upon) as a gangrene: we
have ill translated the word _a canker, _ for it signif...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
rom being able to raise the dead, as the Lord raised them, and the
apostles did by means of prayer, and as has been frequently done in
the brotherhood on account of s...
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2 Timothy 2:17 And G2532 their G846 message G3056 spread G2192 (G5692)
G3542 like G5613 cancer G1044 Hymenaeus...
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2 Timothy 2:17. CANKER. Another medical word - Literally
_‘gangrene,'_ the state between inflammation and entire
mortification. The word is used by Hippocrates sometimes in this
special sense, sometim...
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WILL EAT
(νομην εξε). "Will have (future active of εχω) pasturage or
increase" (νομη, old word from νεμω, to pasture, in N.T. only
here and John 10:9).AS DOTH GANGRENE
(ως γαγγραινα). Late word (m...
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2 Timothy 2:15. _Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth._
This is a metaphor taken from the action of the priest at the...
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CONTENTS: Walk of a good soldier of Christ in times of apostasy.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, David, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Satan.
CONCLUSION: Those who have work to do for Christ must stir them...
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2 Timothy 2:1. _Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus._ Be
strong in the Lord, and in every virtue. This is chiefly repeated from
Ephesians 6:10.
2 Timothy 2:3. _Endure hardness,_ or hardship...
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WHAT THEY TEACH. The false teachings mentioned in 2 Timothy 2:16 will
eat into men's souls like cancer! See notes on 1 Timothy 6:4-5.
HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS. See note on 1 Timothy 1:20. Nothing is kno...
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_Their word will eat as doth a canker._
GANGRENE
The substitution of “gangrene” for “cancer” is an improvement,
as giving the exact word used in the original, which expresses the
meaning more forcibl...
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2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:17 SPREAD LIKE GANGRENE. This phrase
pictures the false teaching killing as it spreads. This is in contrast
to the “healthy” or “sound” teaching of Paul (see note on 1
Ti...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Timothy 2:14. CHARGING THEM.—Adjure them on their oath of fealty.
2 Timothy 2:15. STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF.—R.V. “Give diligence to
present thyself.” The word expresse...
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EXPOSITION
2 TIMOTHY 2:1
_Child _for _son_, A.V.; _strengthened _for _strong, _A.V. BE
STRENGTHENED (ἐνδυναμοῦ)_; _more exactly (as Huther),
_become strong, _or, which is the same thing, _strengthe...
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Ver. 17. _And their word will eat as a gangrene._ A gangrene is
described by Galen as “an eating sore,” or a tumour in the state
between inflammation and entire mortification, and tending to the
latte...
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Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace (2 Timothy 2:1)
You see, it is legalism that is threatening the church. This idea that
you can work yourself into divine favor. So "be strong in the gra...
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1 Timothy 1:20; James 5:3; Nahum 3:15...
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Will eat [ν ο μ η ν ε ξ ε ι]. Lit. will have pasturage, and
sO grow. Nomh purov a spreading of fire : a sore is said nomhn
poieisqai to spread. Comp. Acts 4:17, dianemhqh spread, of the
influence of t...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S TITLES
2 Timothy 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We will discuss the seven distinctive names under which Paul addressed
his son in the faith. As a prelude to these seven names, it might be
h...
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OUR GUIDE AMONG THE WRECKAGE
2 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:1;...
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And their word — If they go on, will be mischievous as well as vain,
and will eat as a gangrene....