2 Timothy 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ¹  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ² 

2 Timothy 3:13

3:13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, ³  deceiving others and being deceived themselves. ⁴ 

2 Timothy 3:9

3:9 But they will not go much further, ⁵  for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. ⁶ 

¹ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

² tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

³ tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”

⁴ tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”

⁵ tn Grk “for they will not progress any more.”

⁶ tn Grk “as theirs came to be,” referring to the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres. The referent of “theirs” (Jannes and Jambres) has been specified in the translation for clarity.