Philetus
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus
and Philetus;...
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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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(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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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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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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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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-An heretical teacher at Rome
2Ti 2:17,18...
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