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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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  1. 3:6 Greek and take captive.

For among them are (A)those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to (B)arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as (C)Jannes and Jambres (D)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (E)men corrupted in mind and (F)disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, (G)as was that of those two men.

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