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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Philetus (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
Paul warns Timothy about him and Hymenaeus, who were saying the resurrection had already happened. Paul says that kind of talk spreads "like gangrene."
First, in plain English
Paul warns Timothy about him and Hymenaeus, who were saying the resurrection had already happened. Paul says that kind of talk spreads "like gangrene."
Who this is
A false teacher paired with Hymenaeus, whom Paul warns Timothy about for spreading the claim that the resurrection had already taken place, a teaching Paul says spreads "like gangrene" through the church (2 Tim. 2:17-18). Nothing further is known about him outside this warning.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G5372
Where it appears
- 2 Timothy 2:17
