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2 Timothy 3:6
6For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,
2 Timothy 3:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
- New International Version (NIV)They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
Context of 2 Timothy 3:6
4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people. For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions, 7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind and worthless in regard to the faith.
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ἐκ τούτων γάρ εἰσιν οἱ ἐνδύνοντες εἰς τὰς οἰκίας καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντες γυναικάρια σεσωρευμένα ἁμαρτίαις, ἀγόμενα ἐπιθυμίαις ποικίλαις,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- this sortοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- they which creepἐνδύνωendunō · to sneakG1744
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- housesοἰκίαoikia · home: householdG3614
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- lead captiveαἰχμαλωτεύωaichmalōteuō · to take captiveG162
- silly womenγυναικάριονgunaikarion · weak-willed womanG1133
- ladenσωρεύωsōreuō · to pile upG4987
- with sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
- led awayἄγωagō · to bringG71
- with diversποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
- lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:6
- Jude 1:4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
- Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
- Isaiah 1:4Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
- Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols.
- 2 Peter 3:17Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.
- Mark 4:19but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Peter 2:18For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
- Jude 1:16These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For of this sort are they - He here refers to false teachers and their insinuating manners, practising upon weak women, who, seeing in them such a semblance of piety, entertain them with great eagerness, and at last become partakers with them in their impurities. Among the Jews there are remarkable cases of this kind on record, and not a few of them among the full fed monks of the Romish Church. But in what sect or party have not such teachers been…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses - Who go slyly and insidiously into families. They are not open and manly in endeavoring to propagate their views, but they endeavor by their address to ingratiate themselves first with weak women, and through them to influence men; compare Titus 1:11. The word translated “creep into,” is rendered by Doddridge, “insinuate themselves;” by Bloomfield, “wind their way into,” in the manner of serpents; by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The letters to Timothy and Titus consistently express concern about the impact of false teachers on households and women (Titus 1:11; see 1 Timothy 2:11–15; 3:4–5; 5:14–15). Whether or not these false teachers specifically targeted women, they were successful with some.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. of this sort--Greek, "of these," such as were described (2Ti 3:5). creep into--stealthily. laden with sins--(Is 1:4); applying to the "silly women" whose consciences are burdened with sins, and so are a ready prey to the false teachers who promise ease of conscience if they will follow them. A bad conscience leads easily to shipwreck of faith (1Ti 1:19). divers lusts--not only animal lusts, but passion for change in doctrine and manner of teaching; the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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