¹⁶ Avoid godless chatter,^(A) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. ¹⁷ Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus^(B) and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place,^(C) and they destroy the faith of some.^(D)