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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.
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
"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman.
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
"What have you done?" Joseph demanded. "Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?"
but Samuel said, "What is this you have done?" Saul replied, "I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn't arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
Joab rushed to the king and demanded, "What have you done? What do you mean by letting Abner get away?
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
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.
