and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Parallel translations
- KJV And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
- BSB and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
- NKJV And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,
- NASB and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
- NLT This kind of talk spreads like cancer, as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus.
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- 1 Tim 1:20of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
- Nah 3:15There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
- Jas 5:3Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
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