For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,(A) always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(B) Just as Jannes and Jambres(C) resisted Moses,(D) so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind(E) and worthless(F) in regard to the faith. But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.

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For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires. These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men,[a] their stupidity will be plain to everyone.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 3:9 The Gk. lacks two men