2 Timothy 3:6-13

3:6 For some of these insinuate themselves ¹  into households and captivate weak women ²  who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions. 3:7 Such women are always seeking instruction, ³  yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 3:8 And just as Jannes and Jambres ⁴  opposed Moses, so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith ⁵  – also oppose the truth. 3:9 But they will not go much further, ⁶  for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. ⁷ 

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ⁸  have followed my teaching, my ⁹  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ¹⁰  that happened to me in Antioch, ¹¹  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ¹²  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. 3:12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 3:13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, ¹³  deceiving others and being deceived themselves. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “For from these are those who sneak.”

² tn Or “silly women.”

³ tn Grk “always learning,” continuing the description of the women from v. 6. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁵ sn Jannes and Jambres were the traditional names of two of Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses at the time of the Exodus.

⁶ tn Grk “disapproved concerning the faith.”

⁷ tn Grk “for they will not progress any more.”

⁸ 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.

⁹ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

¹⁰ tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

¹¹ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

¹² map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2; JP4-E2.

¹³ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

¹³ tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”