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Evil in the Last Days

2 Timothy 3:7

In 9 translations

BSB
who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
KJV
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
WEB
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
ASV
ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
LSV
always learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of truth,
YLT
always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
DBY
always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
DRC
Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.
GNV
Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πάντοτε μανθάνοντα καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα.
RP2018
πάντοτε μανθάνοντα, καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα.
TR-Boyd
πάντοτε μανθάνοντα, καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα.
SCR1894
παντοτε μανθανοντα και μηδεποτε εις επιγνωσιν αληθειας ελθειν δυναμενα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Timothy 4:3–4For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn…
  • Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  • 1 Timothy 2:4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
  • John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  • 2 Timothy 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
  • Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–4Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready, for you are still…
  • Isaiah 30:10–11They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of…
  • John 3:20–21Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has…
  • Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
  • Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
  • John 12:42–43Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
  • Ezekiel 14:4–10Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD…

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