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 (A)of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able (B)to come to the knowledge of the truth. (C)Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: (D)men of corrupt minds, (E)disapproved concerning the faith; but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, (F)as theirs also was.

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