^2:17and their message will spread its infection³¹ like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.³²^2:18They have strayed from the truth³³ by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

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Footnotes

31 Or “eat away.”
32 Grk “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.
33 Grk “have deviated concerning the truth.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and their teaching will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them. They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are ruining the faith of some.

NLTNew Living Translation

This kind of talk spreads like cancer, as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus. They have left the path of truth, claiming that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; in this way, they have turned some people away from the faith.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and their message will spread like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have deviated concerning the truth by saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.

KJV 1900King James Version

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

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