2 Timothy 2:16-18

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¹⁶ But _c avoid _d irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, ¹⁷ and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are _e Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have swerved from the truth, _f saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

1. Cross References
   Titus 3:9
   But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Timothy 6:20
   O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Timothy 1:20
   Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 15:12
   Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?