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2 Timothy 3:7

Truth and honesty

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

6 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,

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.

9 But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

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BSB
who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
KJV
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
WEB
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
ASV
ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
DARBY
always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
BLB
always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
ÅB
og alltid lærer og aldri kan komme til sannhets erkjennelse.
OTB
alltid lærende og aldri i stand til å nå erkjennelsen av sannheten.
B1930
og alltid lærer og aldri kan komme til sannhets erkjennelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 4:3–4

    For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:4

    who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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  • Proverbs 14:6

    A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

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  • John 5:44

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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  • 2 Timothy 2:25

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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  • Hebrews 5:11

    We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

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  • Isaiah 30:10–11

    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

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