Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Timothy 2:18

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18. erred — Greek, "missed the aim" (see :- ). is past already —has already taken place. The beginnings of the subsequent Gnostic heresy already existed. They "wrested" ( :- ) Paul's own words ( Romans 6:4 ; Ephesians 2:6 ; Colossians 2:12 ) "to their own destruction," as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:12 , where he shows all our hopes of future glory rest on the literal reality of the resurrection. To believe it past (as the Seleucians or Hermians did, according to AUGUSTINE [ Epistles, 119.55, To Januarius, 4]), is to deny it in its true sense. overthrow —trying to subvert "the foundation" on which alone faith can rest secure ( 2 Timothy 2:19 ; compare 2 Timothy 2:19- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-2ti-2-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/2ti-2-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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