2 Timothy 3:9 - Exposition

Evident for manifest , A.V.; came to be for was , A.V. Shall proceed ( προκόψουσιν ); as 2 Timothy 2:16 (where see note) and 2 Timothy 2:13 . The apostle's meaning here is, as explained by the example of the magicians, that heresies shall not prevail against the truth. ἐπὶ πλεῖον means beyond the point indicated in his description of their future progressive evil. They would "proceed further in ungodliness," as he said in 2 Timothy 2:16 , but not up to the point of destroying the gospel, as history has shown. The various forms of Gnosticism have perished. The gospel remains. As theirs also came to be ( Exodus 8:18 , Exodus 8:19 ). Surely the A.V. "was" is better.