2 Timothy 3:6

Translations

Modern

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

Traditional

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Literal

For out of these are those slipping into households and taking captive weak women, heaped up with sins, being led by various passions,

Latin

…ex his enim sunt qui penetrant domos, et captivas ducunt mulierculas oneratas peccatis, quæ ducuntur variis desideriis:

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English

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

Notes

2 Timothy 3:6–7

The letters to Timothy and Titus consistently express concern about the impact of false teachers on households and women (Titus 1:11; see 1 Timothy 2:11–15; 3:4–5; 5:14–15). Whether or not these false teachers specifically targeted women, they were successful with some.

2 Timothy 3:1–4:8

Timothy must remain focused during the difficult times ahead.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Apostasy Women’s Roles in the New Testament Church

Related verses

Jude 1:4
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:17
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
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.
Jude 1:18
…when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
Titus 1:11
…who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Mark 4:19
…but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Jude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Glossary

Jannes and Jambres Timothy, Second Letter to

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Affections: False Teachers Seek to Captivate Apostasy: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Captivity: Figurative Character of the Wicked: Enticing to Evil Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Controlling People Doctrines: False Domestic Violence Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Lasciviousness: General Scriptures Concerning Seduction: General Scriptures Concerning Silly Women The Affections: False Teachers Seek to Captivate Wicked (People): Described Woman: Frequently: Silly and Easily Led Into Error Women: Silly, and Easily Led Into Error Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Women: Wicked: Silly and Wayward Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

2 Timothy 3:6

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