2Ti 2:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. will eat-- literally, "will have pasture." The consuming progress of mortification is the image. They pretend to give rich spiritual pasture to their disciples: the only pasture is that of a spiritual cancer feeding on their vitals. canker-- a "cancer" or "gangrene." Hymenaeus-- (See on ). After his excommunication he seems to have been readmitted into the Church and again to have troubled it.

‏ 2 Timothy 2:17

17. will eat--literally, "will have pasture." The consuming progress of mortification is the image. They pretend to give rich spiritual pasture to their disciples: the only pasture is that of a spiritual cancer feeding on their vitals.

canker--a "cancer" or "gangrene."

Hymenaeus--(See on 1Ti 1:20). After his excommunication he seems to have been readmitted into the Church and again to have troubled it.