2 Timothy 3:9

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

In Context

8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

10You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

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Cross References

Exodus 7:12Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

Exodus 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Jeremiah 29:21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Jeremiah 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

Acts 19:15But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 3:2-10

Marks of Perilous Times. ( a. d. 66.) 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of… Read the whole commentary →

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