Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
erred—Greek, "missed the aim" (see I Timothy 6:21).
is past already—has already taken place. The beginnings of the subsequent Gnostic heresy already existed. They "wrested" (II Peter 3:16) Paul's own words (Romans 6:4; Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12) "to their own destruction," as though the resurrection was merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin. Compare I Corinthians 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 (II Timothy 2:19; compare Titus 1:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 2:18:
2 Thessalonians 2:2
1 Timothy 1:6
1 Timothy 1:20
1 Timothy 4:1
1 Timothy 4:3
1 Timothy 4:3
1 Timothy 6:20-21
2 Timothy 2:8
2 Timothy 2:14
2 Timothy 2:15
2 Timothy 2:19
Titus 1:11
2 Peter 3:16
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