Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Their word

Hymenaeus

Bible References

Their word

Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
James 5:3
Your gold and silver is corrupted with rust; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall completely eat your flesh, as fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Hymenaeus

1 Timothy 1:20
Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

General references

Leviticus 13:7
But if the scab spreads much abroad in the skin after he has been shown unto the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again;
Deuteronomy 20:18
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they do unto their gods, lest ye should sin against the LORD your God.
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.