2 Timothy 3:6

4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
KJV
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
WEB
For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
ASV
For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,
DARBY
For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,
BLB
For out of these are those slipping into households and taking captive weak women, heaped up with sins, being led by various passions,
ÅB
For til dem hører de som lurer seg inn i husene og fanger kvinnfolk som er tynget av synder og drives av mangehånde lyster
OTB
For blant dem er de som sniker seg inn i husene og fanger sårbare kvinner som er tynget av synder, drevet av mange lyster,
B1930
For til dem hører de som lurer sig inn i husene og fanger kvinnfolk som er tynget av synder og drives av mangehånde lyster

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jude 1:4

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Peter 3:17

    Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

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  • Jude 1:18

    when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

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  • Titus 1:11

    who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

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  • Mark 4:19

    but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:2

    You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

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  • Jude 1:16

    These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

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