Philetus

Philetus Scripture - 2 Timothy 2:17

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;...

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Philetus in Wikipedia

Saint Philetus (d. 121 AD), is along with Saints Lydia, Macedo(n), Theoprepius (Theoprepides), Amphilochius and Cronidas (Cronides), venerated as a Christian martyr. According to the Roman Martyrology, they were martyred in Illyria during the reign of Hadrian. The Martyrology also states that Philetus was a senator, that Lydia was his wife, M...

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Philetus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(beloved) was possibly a disciple of Hymenaeus, with whom he is associated in 2Ti 2:17 and who is named without him in an earlier epistle. 1Ti 1:20 (A.D. 68-64) Thep appear to have been persons who believed the Scripture of the Old Testament, but misinterpreted them, allegorizing away the doctrine of the resurrection and resolving it all into ...

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Philetus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

amiable, with Hymenaeus, at Ephesus, said that the "resurrection was past already" (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). This was a Gnostic heresy held by the Nicolaitanes. (See ALEXANDER -T0000168 [4].)...

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Philetus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Coupled with Hymenaeus as "erring" (missing the aim: estocheesan), and holding that "the resurrection is past already" (2 Timothy 2:17), as if it were merely the spiritual raising of souls from the death of sin: perverting Romans 6:4; Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12; compare 1 Corinthians 15:12, etc. (See HYMENAEUS.) So the Seleucians or Hermia...

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Philetus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fi-le'-tus (Philetos (2 Tim 2:17)): 1. The Nature of His Error: This person is mentioned by Paul, who warns Timothy against him as well as against his associate in error, Hymeneus. The apostle speaks of Hymeneus and Philetus as instances of men who were doing most serious injury to the church by their teaching, and by what that teaching resulte...

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Philetus in Naves Topical Bible

-An heretical teacher at Rome 2Ti 2:17,18...

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