2 Timothy 2:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

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  • 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • 1 Tim 6:21 : 21 By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.
  • Heb 3:10 : 10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said,‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
  • Matt 15:13 : 13 And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 Jesus answered them,“You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 “Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.
  • Col 3:1 : 1 Exhortations to Seek the Things Above Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

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    16But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

    17and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

  • 1 Tim 6:20-21
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    20Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”

    21By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-18
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    15Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

    16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

    17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

    18Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

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    19However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

  • 2 Pet 2:1-3
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    2And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

    3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

  • 1 Cor 15:12-13
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    12No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

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  • 2 Tim 3:7-9
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    7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

    8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people– who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith– also oppose the truth.

    9But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

  • 1 Tim 1:19-20
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    19To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

    20Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

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    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

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    12and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

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    4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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    18For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

  • Acts 17:32
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    32Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said,“We will hear you again about this.”

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    13Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

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    17Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

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    20For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.

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    30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

  • 1 Tim 5:15
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    15For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

  • Gal 1:7
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    7not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-12
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    10and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

    11Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

    12And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

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    4And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

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    5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

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    21Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • 1 John 2:26
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    26These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

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    2not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

    3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

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  • Jude 1:18
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    18For they said to you,“In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”

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    11You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.

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    34Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:20
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    20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.