2 Timothy 2:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἵτινες περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἠστόχησαν, λέγοντες τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἤδη γεγονέναι· καὶ ἀνατρέπουσιν τήν τινων πίστιν.

Transliteration

Who peri tēn alētheian ēstochēsan, legontes tēn anastasin ēdē gegonenai; and anatrepousin tēn tinōn pistin.

Grammar Details

*Hoitines*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - who
*peri*: preposition + accusative - concerning
*tēn*: definite article, accusative, feminine, singular - the
*alētheian*: accusative, feminine, singular - truth
*ēstochēsan*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd plural - missed the mark
*legontes*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
*anastasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - resurrection
*ēdē*: adverb - already
*gegonenai*: perfect, infinitive, active - to have happened
*kai*: conjunction - and
*anatrepousin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd plural - they overturn
*tinōn*: indefinite pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of some
*pistin*: accusative, feminine, singular - faith

Word Meanings

*ēstochēsan*: missed the mark/strayed/deviated
*legontes*: saying/declaring/asserting
*anastasin*: resurrection/rising up
*gegonenai*: to have happened/taken place/occurred
*anatrepousin*: they overturn/upset/destroy
*pistin*: faith/belief/trust

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:12 : 12 Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Tim 1:19 : 19 holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:
1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which {G3713} some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Tim 6:21 : 21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
2 Tim 2:14 : 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 of them that hear.
Heb 3:10 : 10 Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
Jas 5:19 : 19 My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;
1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
Matt 15:13 : 13 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
Matt 22:29 : 29 But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock [are] they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke 22:31-32 : 31 {G1161} {G2962} {G2036} Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: 32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
Col 3:1 : 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

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