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2 Timothy 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


2 Timothy 3:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Timothy 3:917 words
GreekMeaning
ἀλλ’all’
ButwordG235
οὐou
notadverbG3756
προκόψουσινprokopsousin
they will advanceverbG4298
ἐπὶepi
furtherprepositionG1909
πλεῖονpleion
muchadjectiveG4183
thearticleG3588
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἄνοιαanoia
the follynounG454
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
ἔκδηλοςekdēlos
plainadjectiveG1552
ἔσταιestai
will beverbG1510
πᾶσινpasin
to alladjectiveG3956
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
thatarticleG3588
ἐκείνωνekeinōn
of those twodemonstrativeG1565
ἐγένετοegeneto
becameverbG1096
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 8 on Second Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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