2 TIMOTHY 3:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.”
But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. — The assurance: these false teachers' paronoia (progress) will be limited; their anoia (foolishness) will become phanera (evident) to all, mirroring Jannes and Jambres's exposure. Truth ultimately prevails.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 3:9
“They shall proceed no further”; how then does he say elsewhere, “They will increase unto more ungodliness”? 2 Timothy 2:16 He there means, that beginning to innovate and to deceive, they will not pause in their error, but will always invent new deceits and corrupt doctrines, for error is never stationary. But here he says, that they shall not be able to deceive, nor carry men away with them, for however at first they may seem to impose upon them, they will soon and easily be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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