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THE MESSAGE
2 Timothy 3:13
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Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But euill men and seducers shall waxe worse and worse, deceiuing, and being deceiued.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil people and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But people who are evil and cheat others will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.
But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.
while evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.
People who are evil and cheat others will become worse and worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.
But the euill men and deceiuers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceiuing, and being deceiued.
But bad and deceptive men shall grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and pretenders will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.
But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.2 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 2:16;">[xr]
But wicked men and seducers add to their wickedness, deceiving, and being deceived.
But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.
But the euyll men and deceauers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceauyng and deceaued.
But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour.
But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and seducers will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.
Sinful men and false teachers will go from bad to worse. They will lead others the wrong way and will be led the wrong way themselves.
But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.
Whereas, wicked men and howling impostors, will force their way to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,
while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.
But the evyll men and disceavers shall wexe worsse and worsse whill they deceave and are deceaved them selves.
and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
But the euell men and disceauers shal waxe worse and worse, disceauynge and beynge disceaued.
as for these impious impostors, they will go on from bad to worse, seducing others, and deluding themselves.
These wannabe cowboys will ride a trail from debauchery to depravity and take many people with them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
evil: 2 Timothy 3:8, 2 Timothy 2:16, 2 Timothy 2:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:6-10, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 3:3, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 18:23
being: Job 12:16, Isaiah 44:20, Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 14:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:5 - General Leviticus 13:3 - deeper Leviticus 13:35 - General 1 Samuel 19:1 - And Saul 1 Kings 13:33 - made again 2 Chronicles 33:23 - trespassed more and more Psalms 119:118 - their deceit Proverbs 10:16 - the fruit Proverbs 14:8 - folly Isaiah 30:1 - add Jeremiah 9:3 - for they Jeremiah 16:12 - worse Jeremiah 29:8 - Let Ezekiel 8:13 - greater Ezekiel 8:15 - Hast Ezekiel 13:10 - seduced Hosea 13:2 - now Malachi 2:12 - the master and the scholar Matthew 7:15 - which Luke 6:39 - Can Luke 21:8 - Take 1 Corinthians 3:12 - wood 1 Corinthians 3:18 - deceive 2 Corinthians 11:3 - so Galatians 6:3 - he deceiveth Ephesians 4:14 - tossed Colossians 2:4 - lest Colossians 2:8 - philosophy Titus 1:10 - there James 1:22 - deceiving 1 John 1:8 - we deceive 1 John 2:26 - concerning 1 John 4:1 - many Revelation 16:11 - and repented not Revelation 22:11 - that is unjust
Cross-References
The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Joseph accused them: "How can you have done this? You have to know that a man in my position would have discovered this."
Samuel said, "What on earth are you doing?" Saul answered, "When I saw I was losing my army from under me, and that you hadn't come when you said you would, and that the Philistines were poised at Micmash, I said, ‘The Philistines are about to come down on me in Gilgal, and I haven't yet come before God asking for his help.' So I took things into my own hands, and sacrificed the burnt offering."
Joab went straight to the king: "What's this you've done? Abner shows up, and you let him walk away scot-free? You know Abner son of Ner better than that. This was no friendly visit. He was here to spy on you, figure out your comings and goings, find out what you're up to."
Pilate said, "Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,.... By "evil men" are meant, not sinful men in common, as all are by nature and practice; nor only open profane sinners but rather wicked men under a form of godliness, as before; and who are full of wickedness and malice against truly godly persons, even as the devil himself, of whom the same word is used, when he is called the wicked one; and this is a reason why true professors of religion must expect persecution, seeing as there ever were, so there ever will be such sort of men, who will not grow better, but worse and worse. The word for "seducers", signifies sorcerers, enchanters, a sort of jugglers; and as the other, it well suits with the ecclesiastics of the church of Rome, who pretend to miracles, and do lying wonders, and by their sorceries deceive all nations, Revelation 18:23 and these "shall wax worse and worse"; in principle and in practice, in ungodliness, and in error, in wickedness and malice against the saints, and in the arts of deceiving; so the church of Rome is never to be expected to be better, but worse; at the time of the fall of Babylon she will be an habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird, Revelation 18:2
deceiving: not God, but themselves and others even all nations, excepting the elect of God; which they do by their good words and fair speeches, and by their show of devotion and religion, and by their pretended miracles and lying wonders:
and deceived by the old serpent, the devil, under whose power and influence they are, in whose snare they are taken, and by whom they are led captive, and will at last share the same fate with himself, and be cast into the same lake of fire and brimstone.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But 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 persecution 2 Timothy 3:12, by any change for the better in the wicked men referred to. He was to anticipate in them the operation of the general law in regard to bad men and seducers - that they would grow worse and worse. From this fact, he was to regard it as certain that he, as well as others, would be liable to be persecuted. The word rendered “seducers” - γόης goēs - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means, properly, a “juggler, or diviner;” and then, a “deceiver, or impostor.” Here it refers to those who by seductive arts, lead persons into error.
Deceiving - Making others believe that to be true and right, which is false and wrong. This was, of course, done by seductive arts.
And being deceived - Under delusion themselves. The advocates of error are often themselves as really under deception, as those whom they impose upon. They are often sincere in the belief of error, and then they are under a delusion; or, if they are insincere, they are equally deluded in supposing that they can make error pass for truth before God, or can deceive the Searcher of hearts. The worst victims of delusion are those who attempt to delude others.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. Evil 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 γοητες, 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.
