This verse is about the godless chatterers around at this time, people who Paul says had departed from the truth. They said that the resurrection has already taken place and no doubt they taught other heresies too. The verse tells us the tendency of such heresies and names two ring leaders. The names no doubt meant something to Timothy and others in that time but they mean nothing to us. Hymenaeus is presumably the man mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:20 alongside Alexander, both of whom Paul had handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. (Alexander is presumably the one mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:14 - Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.) Gangrene can be described as a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when a considerable mass of body tissue dies (necrosis). It may occur after an injury or infection, or when a person has problems with blood circulation. The primary cause of gangrene is apparently reduced blood supply to the affected tissues, which results in cell death. False teaching can be thought of as serious and potentially life-threatening. It arises when a part of the body of Christ turns out to be dead in sin. False teaching can arise by direct attack or a misunderstanding of the truth. False teachers fail to supply the body with the life blood it needs.
A blog looking at the pastoral epistles of the New Testament (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus)
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