English Standard Version
2 Timothy 3:6
6For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various 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,
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires.
Context of 2 Timothy 3:6
4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
Read all of 2 Timothy 32 Timothy 3:6 word by word
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 certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
- Isaiah 1:4Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
- Matthew 11:28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
- 2 Peter 3:17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
- Mark 4:19but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Peter 2:18For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
- Jude 1:16These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain 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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