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

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.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. {offended: or, stumbled, or, caused to fall into sin}

That we {henceforth} be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, {and} cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Then came to {him} certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth {will let}, until he be taken out of the way.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. {a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly}

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. {rudiments: or, elements} {make a prey: or, seduce you, or, lead you astray}

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go {into it} to see the plague, that all that {is} in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: {empty: or, prepare}

The labour of the righteous {tendeth} to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.