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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Timothy 3:6-7

2 Timothy 3:6-7. For, &c. As if he had said, There is need to watch against such, because there are some of them already in the church; for of this sort are those artful deceivers who creep into houses Insinuate themselves into families, and, having the appearance of godliness, lead captive silly women Gain such influence over women of low rank and mean understandings as to obtain the direction of their consciences and purses; women who, whatever pretences they may make to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Warning of worse to come (3:1-9)Timothy may be surprised that such evil should appear within the community of God’s people. Paul warns him that worse is to follow. When people try to keep the outward form of religion but reject its inner power, the evil within them soon shows itself in their words and actions. The more they please themselves and reject God, the more wrong they do (3:1-5).By cunning and deceit, people who call themselves Christians will gain entrance into private homes, where... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Timothy 3:7

Ever = Always. App-151 . never = not at any time. Greek. medepote. Only here to . App-101 . knowledge . App-132 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:7

ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.Ever learning ... That is, "Ever learning new things, but never learning the word of God."[16] There is a type of person, by no means restricted to women, who is always seeking novelty, something new and different, such persons having never learned to "Ask for the old paths, where is the good way" (Jeremiah 6:16). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 3:7

7. Ever learning—some new point, for mere curiosity, to the disparagement of what they seemed to know before. the knowledge—Greek, "the perfect knowledge"; the only safeguard against further novelties. Gnosticism laid hold especially of the female sex [ESTIUS, 1.13.3]: so Roman Jesuitism. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1-8

IV. DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE LAST DAYS 3:1-4:8Paul anticipated dark days ahead for the church. He listed several characteristics of this time, clarified the most important conduct in it, and explained his own role to prepare Timothy and all his readers for what lay ahead. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1-13

A. Characteristics of the last days 3:1-13Paul instructed Timothy concerning what God had revealed would take place in the last days. He did so to help him realize that he faced no unknown situation in Ephesus and to enable him to combat it intelligently. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:6-7

Paul evidently had the false teachers in Ephesus in view in these verses, though what he wrote here applies to all false teachers. Teachers manifesting some of the characteristics he just enumerated made a practice of gaining entrance into households in which the wives were spiritually weak (lit. little). He described these women further as dominated by various sins, responsive to their sinful desires, and seemingly ever learning but never really able to comprehend the truth of God. They cannot... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Timothy 3:7

3:7 knowledge (f-10) Clear, full knowledge or acknowledgment, epignosis . read more

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