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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They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of[a] vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. (Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.) These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith. But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Greek and take captive.