2 TIMOTHY 3:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
while evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. — The counterpoint: evil-doers (ponēroi) and goetes (impostors) progress (prokopō) toward increasing depravity (cheiron), trapped in mutual deception (planaō). Vice perpetuates itself.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 3:13
Let none of these things, he says, disturb you, if they are in prosperity, and thou in trials. Such is the nature of the case. From my own instance you may learn that it is impossible for man, in his warfare with the wicked, not to be exposed to tribulation. One cannot be in combat and live luxuriously, one cannot be wrestling and feasting. Let none therefore of those who are contending seek for ease or joyous living. Again, the present state is contest, warfare, tribulation,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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