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 from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires, always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. And just as[a] Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith. But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the folly of those two was.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 3:8 Literally “in the manner in which”