2Ti 2:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. erred — Greek, "missed the aim" (see ). is past already —has already taken place. The beginnings of the subsequent Gnostic heresy already existed. They "wrested" ( ) Paul's own words ( ) "to their own destruction," as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin. Compare , where he shows all our hopes of future glory rest on the literal reality of the resurrection. To believe it past (as the Seleucians or Hermians did, according to AUGUSTINE [ Epistles, 119.55, To Januarius, 4]), is to deny it in its true sense. overthrow —trying to subvert "the foundation" on which alone faith can rest secure ( ; compare ).

2 Timothy 2:18

18. erred—Greek, "missed the aim" (see 1Ti 6:21).

is past already—has already taken place. The beginnings of the subsequent Gnostic heresy already existed. They "wrested" (2Pe 3:16) Paul's own words (Ro 6:4; Eph 2:6; Col 2:12) "to their own destruction," as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin. Compare 1Co 15:12, where he shows all our hopes of future glory rest on the literal reality of the resurrection. To believe it past (as the Seleucians or Hermians did, according to AUGUSTINE [Epistles, 119.55, To Januarius, 4]), is to deny it in its true sense.

overthrow—trying to subvert "the foundation" on which alone faith can rest secure (2Ti 2:19; compare Tit 1:11).