Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. New Living Translation But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. English Standard Version while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Berean Standard Bible while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Berean Literal Bible But evil men and imposters will advance to worse, deceiving and being deceived. King James Bible But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. New King James Version But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. New American Standard Bible But evil people and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. NASB 1995 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. NASB 1977 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Legacy Standard Bible But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Amplified Bible But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Christian Standard Bible Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived. Holman Christian Standard Bible Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived. American Standard Version But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But evil men and deceivers will add to their evils, as they go astray and deceive. Contemporary English Version But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves. Douay-Rheims Bible But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error. English Revised Version But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. GOD'S WORD® Translation But evil people and phony preachers will go from bad to worse as they mislead people and are themselves misled. Good News Translation and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. International Standard Version But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived. Literal Standard Version and evil men and impostors will advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray. Majority Standard Bible while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. New American Bible But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. NET Bible But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. New Revised Standard Version But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived. New Heart English Bible But evil people and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. Webster's Bible Translation But evil men and seducers will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. Weymouth New Testament But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled. World English Bible But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. Young's Literal Translation and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context All Scripture is God-Breathed…12Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.… Cross References Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" 2 Corinthians 6:8 through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; 2 Timothy 2:16 But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness, Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures--living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. Treasury of Scripture But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. evil. 2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2 Timothy 2:16,17 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness… 2 Thessalonians 2:6-10 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time… being. Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Ezekiel 14:9,10 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel… Jump to Previous Advance Bad Deceit Deceived Deceivers Deceiving Evil False. Grow Impostors Leading Misleading Misled Overcome Proceed Themselves Using Wax Wicked WorseJump to Next Advance Bad Deceit Deceived Deceivers Deceiving Evil False. Grow Impostors Leading Misleading Misled Overcome Proceed Themselves Using Wax Wicked Worse2 Timothy 3 1. Paul advises Timothy of the difficult times to come;6. describes the enemies of the truth; 10. explains unto him his own example; 16. and commends the holy Scriptures; (13) But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse.--This verse is closely connected with the following (2Timothy 3:14), to which, indeed, it serves as an introduction. 2Timothy 3:14 takes up again the exhortation to Timothy begun in 2Timothy 3:10 : "But thou hast fully known my doctrine," &c. 2Timothy 3:14 takes up the thought: "Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them." Here, in 2Timothy 3:13, these evil men and seducers (or better, perhaps, deceivers) are spoken of as advancing towards the worse. History has borne witness to the accuracy of these prophetic words. The false teachers known to St. Paul and Timothy developed into the leaders of the various wild and speculative Gnostic sects, whose connection with Christianity consisted alone in the name; and each succeeding age has witnessed a development in opposition to the truth as it is in Jesus. In this allusion to the gradual development of hostility to the truth it will hardly be out of place to instance the eighteenth Christian century, when opposition to the teaching of Jesus had reached such a pitch that, with the approval or even the applause of thousands, the most brilliant writer in Europe wrote of Christ and His religion in the well-known words, "Ecrasez l'infame!" while it was reserved for our own century--the nineteenth--to witness the rare, though we believe ephemeral popularity, among so-called Christian peoples of a work which, with honeyed phrases, and in romantic, graceful language, paints the Redeemer of man in the strange and apparently contradictory characters of a loving enthusiast and of a conscious impostor!Verse 13. - Impostors for seducers, A.V. Evil men (πονηροί). In 2 Timothy 4:18 it is παντὸς ἕργου πονηροῦ. The adjective is applied indifferently to persons and things - evil men, evil servants, evil persons, evil generation, evil spirits, etc., and evil deeds, evil fruits, evil eye, evil works, etc. Satan, the embodiment of evil, is ὁ πονηρός. Impostors (γόντες); only here in the New Testament. In classical Greek γόης is a juggler, a cheat, an enchanter. St. Paul still had the Egyptian magicians in his mind. Shall wax worse and worse (προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον); see above, ver. 9, note. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek whileδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. evil πονηροὶ (ponēroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. men ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. imposters γόητες (goētes) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1114: A conjuror, juggler, sorcerer; a tricky (crafty) deceiver, imposter. From goao; properly, a wizard, i.e. an imposter. go [from bad] προκόψουσιν (prokopsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 4298: From pro and kopto; to drive forward, i.e. to advance. to ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. worse, χεῖρον (cheiron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative Strong's 5501: Worse, more severe. Irregular comparative of kakos; from an obsolete equivalent cheres; more evil or aggravated. deceiving πλανῶντες (planōntes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4105: To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. From plane; to roam. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. being deceived. πλανώμενοι (planōmenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4105: To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. From plane; to roam. Links 2 Timothy 3:13 NIV2 Timothy 3:13 NLT 2 Timothy 3:13 ESV 2 Timothy 3:13 NASB 2 Timothy 3:13 KJV 2 Timothy 3:13 BibleApps.com 2 Timothy 3:13 Biblia Paralela 2 Timothy 3:13 Chinese Bible 2 Timothy 3:13 French Bible 2 Timothy 3:13 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and impostors will grow (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) |
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