2 Timothy 2:18 - Exposition

Men who for who, A.V. Have erred ( ἠστόχησαν ); see 1 Timothy 1:6 (note) and 1 Timothy 6:21 . In Matthew 22:29 and in Mark 12:24 our Lord's word for "erring" is πλανᾶσθε . It is remarkable that it was the subject of the resurrection which was so misunderstood in both cases. The heretics to whom St. Paul here alludes probably explained away the resurrection, as the Gnostics in the time of Irenaeus and Tertullian did (Huther), by spiritualizing it in the sense of Romans 6:4 ; Ephesians 2:1 ; Colossians 2:12 ; Colossians 3:1 , etc. It is the usual way with heresy to corrupt and destroy the gospel, under pretence of improving it. And there are always some weak brethren ready to be deceived and misled. Overthrow ( ἀνατρέπουσί ) ; elsewhere in the New Testament only in Titus 1:11 ; but common in LXX . and in classical Greek.