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For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate immature women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires,(A) who are always studying yet never able to recognize truth. As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth.(B) But they will not make much progress because, as in the case of those two men,[a] their folly will become plain to everyone.

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  1. 3.9 Gk lacks two men

For among them are those who [a](A)slip into households and captivate [b](B)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by (C)various impulses, always learning and never able to (D)come to the [c]knowledge of the truth. Just as (E)Jannes and Jambres (F)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (G)men of depraved mind, [d]worthless in regard to the faith. But they will not make further progress; for their (H)foolishness will be obvious to all, just (I)as was that also of [e]Jannes and Jambres.

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  1. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or creep into
  2. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or idle
  3. 2 Timothy 3:7 Or recognition
  4. 2 Timothy 3:8 Or unfit
  5. 2 Timothy 3:9 Lit those

They are the kind who worm their way(A) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(B) Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(C) so also these teachers oppose(D) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(E) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men,(F) their folly will be clear to everyone.

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