2 Timothy 3:13

2 Timothy 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• New International Version (NIV)while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• English Standard Version (ESV)while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Context of 2 Timothy 3:13

11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. 12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. 14You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you 15and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:13 word by word

πονηροὶ δὲ ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• seducersγόηςgoēs · imposterG1114
• shall waxπροκόπτωprokoptō · to advanceG4298
• worse and worseχείρωνcheirōn · worse thanG5501
• deceivingπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:13

• 2 Timothy 3:8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith – also oppose the truth.
• 2 Timothy 2:16But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:6And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
• 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
• 2 Peter 3:3Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
• Revelation 12:9So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
• Revelation 13:14and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
• Revelation 18:23Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
• Job 12:16With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.
• Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
• Ezekiel 14:9“‘As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word – I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Evil men and seducers shall wax worse - They will yet get on for a season, deceiving themselves and deceiving others; but, by and by, their folly will become manifest to all, 2 Timothy 3:9. The word , which we render seducers, signifies jugglers, pretenders to magical arts; probably persons dealing in false miracles, with whom the Church in all ages has been not a little disgraced.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse - That is, it is the character of such men to do this; they may be expected to do it. This is the general law of depravity - that if men are not converted, they are always growing worse, and sinking deeper into iniquity. Their progress will be certain, though it may be gradual, since “nemo repente turpissimus.” The connection here is this: that Timothy was not to expect that he would be exempt from…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-13Verses 10-13 The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ, as taught by the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it. When we know the afflictions of believers only in part, they tempt us to decline the cause for which they suffer. A form of godliness, a profession of Christian faith without a godly life, often is allowed to pass, while open profession of the truth as it is in Jesus, and resolute attention to the duties of godliness, stir up the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17Timothy must remain focused during the difficult times ahead.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Reason why persecutions must be expected, and these becoming worse and worse as the end approaches. The breach between light and darkness, so far from being healed, shall be widened [Alford]. evil men--in contrast to the "godly" (2Ti 3:12). seducers--literally, "conjurers." Magical arts prevailed at Ephesus (Ac 19:19), and had been renounced by many Ephesians on embracing Christianity: but now when Paul was writing to Ephesus, symptoms of a return to…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 3:13

• Deceit
• Doctrines
• Hypocrisy
• Minister, Christian
• Seduction
• Sin
• Temptation
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Correction
• Creep
• Divination
• Doctrine
• Godly
• Inspiration
• Reprobate
• Unholy
• Wise
• Worse

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