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For among them are those who [a](A)enter into households and take captive [b](B)weak women weighed down with sins, being led on by (C)various desires, always learning and never able to (D)come to the [c]full 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, disqualified in regard to the faith. But they will not make further progress, for their (H)folly will be obvious to all, just (I)as theirs was also.

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  1. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or creep
  2. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or idle
  3. 2 Timothy 3:7 Or recognition

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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  1. 3:6 Greek and take captive.