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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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 3:6

2 Timothy 3:6. For of this sort are they, &c.— Some begin this verse with the last clause of the preceding. The word rendered creep, ενδυνοντες, signifies to insinuate, or slide in, like snakes. Some read who dive into families. This and the next verse contain a lively description of the practices of the monks and friars and other religious orders in the church of Rome, who creep into houses, and by auricular confession, and many other wicked arts, not only dive into the secrets of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 3:6

6. of this sort—Greek, "of these," such as were described ( :-). creep into—stealthily. laden with sins— ( :-); applying to the "silly women" whose consciences are burdened with sins, and so are a ready prey to the false teachers who promise ease of conscience if they will follow them. A bad conscience leads easily to shipwreck of faith ( :-). divers lusts—not only animal lusts, but passion for change in doctrine and manner of teaching; the running after fashionable men and fashionable tenets,... 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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Warnings and Exhortations Regarding the Last Days1-9. In the days immediately preceding the Second Coming, the Lord had taught that iniquity would abound. St. Paul reminds Timothy of this truth as a warning to him, for when those days would come neither he nor any one on earth knew; they might be close at hand, and the existing wickedness might be the commencement of the final iniquity. The depravity then would be terrible, and already in its degree it existed, and must be resisted.1. In the... read more

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