2 Timothy 3:13 KJV — MannaFest

2 Timothy 3:13

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

DBT

But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.

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2 Timothy — Paul's last letter. From a Roman dungeon, the aging apostle charges Timothy to guard the deposit, endure hardship, and preach the word.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 64–67, from Roman imprisonment shortly before his death

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Revelation 22:11
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Jude 1:18
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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Observe, As good men, by the grace of God, grow better and better, so bad men, through the subtlety of Satan and the power of their own corruptions, grow worse and worse. The way of sin is down-hill; for such proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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