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

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