2 Timothy 3:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”
A short, plain-language explanation of 2 Timothy 3:13 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Timothy 3:13 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Ezekiel 8:13Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:6And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 2 Timothy 2:16But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
- 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
- Titus 3:3For 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 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- Revelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
- Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).