2 TIMOTHY 2:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.”
who have swerved from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. — The specific error: these teachers claim the anastasis (resurrection) has already occurred (past tense, realized eschatology). Their pseudologia (false doctrine) invert (anatrephō) the faith (pistis) of vulnerable believers.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:18
He has well said, “They will increase unto more ungodliness.” For it appears indeed to be a solitary evil, but see what evils spring out of it. For if the Resurrection is already past, not only do we suffer loss in being deprived of that great glory, but because judgment is taken away, and retribution also. For if the Resurrection is past, retribution also is past. The good therefore have reaped persecutions and afflictions, and the wicked have not been punished, nay verily,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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