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

11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is 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

• ·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 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
• 2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
• 2 Peter 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
• Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Revelation 13:14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
• Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
• Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Ezekiel 14:9And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I Yhwh have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

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