2 Timothy 2:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • 1 Tim 6:21 : 21 Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
  • Heb 3:10 : 10 So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
  • Matt 15:13 : 13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested: 32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
  • Col 3:1 : 1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

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  • 2 Tim 2:16-17
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    16But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

    17And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

  • 1 Tim 6:20-21
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    20O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

    21Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-18
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    15Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

    16For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

    17And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

    18And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

  • 2 Pet 2:1-3
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    1But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

    2And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

    3And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

  • 1 Cor 15:12-13
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    12Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

    13But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

  • 2 Tim 3:7-9
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    7Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

    8And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

    9But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

  • 1 Tim 1:19-20
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    19Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

    20Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;

  • 1 Tim 5:12
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    12And they are judged because they have been false to their first faith;

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

  • Acts 17:32
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    32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

  • Titus 1:13-14
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    13This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

    14Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

  • 2 Pet 3:16-17
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    16And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

    17For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

  • 2 Pet 2:20
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    20For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

  • Acts 20:30
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    30And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

  • 1 Tim 5:15
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    15For even now some are turned away to Satan.

  • Gal 1:7
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    7Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-12
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    10And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

    11And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

    12So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

  • 1 Pet 1:21
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    21Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • 1 John 2:26
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    26I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

  • 2 Thess 2:2-3
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    2That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

    3Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

  • Jude 1:11
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    11A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

  • Jude 1:18
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    18How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.

  • Titus 3:11
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    11Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:20
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    20But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.