16 But (A)avoid (B)worldly and empty chatter, for (a)it will lead to further ungodliness, 17 and their (b)talk will spread like (c)gangrene. Among them are (C)Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 men who have gone astray from the truth saying that (D)the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset (E)the faith of some.

Footnotes:

a. 2 Timothy 2:16: ['Lit ', they will make further progress in ungodliness]
b. 2 Timothy 2:17: ['Lit ', word]
c. 2 Timothy 2:17: ['Or ', cancer]

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