2 Timothy 3:6 - Exposition

These for this sort , A.V.; that for which , A.V.; take for lead , A.V.; by for with , A.V. Creep into ( ἐνδύνοντες ); here only in the New Testament. It has the sense of "sneaking into," "insinuating themselves into," as in Xenophon, 'Cyrop.,' 2. 1. 13. Take captive ( αἰχμαλωτεύοντες ); as in Ephesians 4:3 . The other form, αἰχμαλωτίζοντες which is that of the R.T., is in Luke 21:24 ; Romans 7:23 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 . The word well describes the blind surrender of the will and conscience to such crafty teachers. Silly women ( τὰ γυναικάρια , diminutive of γυνή ); nowhere else in the New Testament or LXX ., but is used by some late Greek authors. It is a term of contempt—he will not call them γυναῖκας —they are only γυναικάρια . In the passages quoted by Alford from Irenaeus and Epiphanius, the women made use of by the later Gnostics are called γυναικάρια . See, too, the striking quotation in the same note from Jerome, specifying by name the women whom Nicolas of Antioch, Marcion, Montanus, and others employed as their instruments in spreading their abominable heresies. So true is St. Paul's forecast in the text. Laden with sins ( σεσωρευμένα ἁμαρτίαις ); elsewhere only in Romans 12:20 , "heap coals of fire." It occurs in Aristotle and other Greek writers in the sense of heaping one thing upon another, and heaping up anything with something else. The last is the sense in which it is here used. It seems to convey the idea of passive helplessness. Led away ( ἀγόμενα ); with a strong intimation of unresisting weakness. Lusts ( ἐπιθυμίαις ); all kinds of carnal and selfish desires (see Matthew 4:19 ; John 8:44 ; Romans 1:24 ; Romans 6:12 ; Romans 7:7 , Romans 7:8 ; Galatians 5:24 ; Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Colossians 3:5 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Timothy 2:22 ; 2 Timothy 4:3 : Titus 2:12 ; fit. 3; 1 Peter 1:14 , etc.; 2 Peter 2:18 ; 1 John 2:16 , etc.).