But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
Parallel translations
- WEB But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
- KJV But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
- NKJV but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.
- NASB But they will not make further progress; for their foolishness will be obvious to all, just as was that also of Jannes and Jambres.
- NLT But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.
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Quick answer
These opponents will not get far, for their folly will become obvious to everyone, as happened to Moses's opponents. False teaching is ultimately exposed and limited by God.
Overview
Though false teachers do real harm, Paul assures Timothy that their progress is ultimately checked. Their folly will be publicly unmasked, just as Jannes and Jambres were finally discredited. This gives hope that God will not allow error to triumph over his truth.
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- 2 Tim 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.
- Exod 7:12Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
- Jer 28:15–17Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Exod 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
- 1 Kgs 22:25Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- Acts 13:11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 19:15–17Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
- Ps 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Jer 29:31–32“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- Jer 29:21–23This 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.
- Exod 8:18–19The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- Jer 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
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