Person

Philetus

Named with Hymenaeus as teaching that the resurrection is past already (2 Tim 2:17-18).

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Biography

Key Data

Era: 1st century AD
Titles: False teacher
Tags: philetus · pastorals

Philetus in Scripture

1 verse use this name, in 1 book. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Philetus.

First named2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

New Testament1 book · 1 mention

2 Timothy1 mention

2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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Nave's Topical Bible on Philetus

Orville J. Nave gathered 2 passages under this heading in 1896. His outline and his opening passages stand here; the full heading is one click on.

-An heretical teacher at Rome 2TI 2:17,18

Nave's full heading →Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), public domain.

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in 2 Timothy 2. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.2 Timothy 2:8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

HymenaeusFalse teacher delivered unto Satan that he might be taught not to blaspheme (1 Tim 1:20); with Philetus he said the res…2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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