2 Timothy 3:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 3:13

while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

KJV

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 2Ti 3:12, by any change for the better in the wicked men referred to.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Not contradictory to that verse: there the diffusion of the evil was spoken of; here its intensity [ALFORD]. deceiving, and being deceived--He who has once begun to deceive others, is the less easily able to recover himself from error, and the more easily embraces in turn the errors of others [BENGEL].

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πονηροὶ	ponēroi	Evil	G4190 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἄνθρωποι	anthrōpoi	men	G444 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γόητες	goētes	imposters	G1114 →
προκόψουσιν	prokopsousin	will advance	G4298 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
χεῖρον	cheiron	worse	G5501 →
πλανῶντες	planōntes	deceiving	G4105 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πλανώμενοι.	planōmenoi	being deceived.	G4105 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:1–9
  But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- 2 Peter 2:1
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
- 2 Corinthians 11:13–15
  For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- Jude 1:18
  when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
  Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
Through
2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…
leads to
- Hebrews 10:26–27
  If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- Hebrews 6:4–8
  It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Through
Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1–3
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,