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2 Timothy 3:6
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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The apostle Paul writes to Timothy, concluding his warning about false teachers who will appear in the last days. He identifies a specific group whose behavior requires immediate separation.
The words — ἐνδύνοντες (endunontes) means “entering” or “creeping into,” describing how these individuals infiltrate private homes. The phrase ἐκ τούτων (ek toutōn) identifies them as belonging to the specific category of godless teachers mentioned in the preceding verse.
The thread — The pattern of deceptive infiltration and spiritual captivity appears in Jude 1:4, where ungodly men “crept in unnoticed,” and in Titus 3:3, which describes people once “misled and enslaved to all sorts of desires.” The warning against being “carried away by error” in 2 Peter 3:17 parallels the danger of being captivated by such influences.
Why it lands — The text reports that these teachers infiltrate homes and capture women burdened by sin and driven by passions. It demands that readers recognize the mechanism of spiritual deception and enact the command to turn away from such individuals.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 1:11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- Jude 1:18 when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- 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.