Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
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- WEB men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.
- BSB who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
- NKJV who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.
- NASB men who have gone astray from the truth, claiming that the resurrection has already taken place; and they are jeopardizing the faith of some.
- NLT They have left the path of truth, claiming that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; in this way, they have turned some people away from the faith.
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Quick answer
These men strayed from the truth by claiming the resurrection had already occurred, overturning some people's faith. A false view of the resurrection has real spiritual casualties.
Overview
Hymenaeus and Philetus taught that the resurrection was already past, likely spiritualizing it and denying the future bodily resurrection. This error 'overthrew the faith of some,' showing the destructive power of doctrinal corruption. The bodily resurrection of believers remains an essential of the Christian hope.
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- 1 Cor 15:12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- 1 Tim 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
- Heb 3:10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
- 1 Tim 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Jas 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- 1 Cor 11:19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
- Col 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
- 2 Tim 2:14Of 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.
- Luke 22:31–32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- 1 Tim 6:21Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
- Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Matt 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
- Acts 5:39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
- Matt 15:13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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