2:17 and their message will spread its infection 1 like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. 2 2:18 They have strayed from the truth 3 by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
1 tn Or “eat away.”
2 tnGrk “of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, this last clause has been made a new sentence in the translation.