2 Timothy 3:8 — Community Reflections

2 TIMOTHY 3:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.”

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, disqualified regarding the faith. — The historical analogy: like Jannes and Jambres (Egyptian magicians opposing Moses) these false teachers anthistēmi (resist) the truth, bearing diephtharmenos nous (corrupted minds) and adokimoi (disqualified) concerning pistis (faith). Spiritual resistance echoes pharaonic opposition.

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