Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

through the pretensions of false teachers, men with seared consciences,

New American Standard Bible

by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,

King James Version

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Holman Bible

through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

International Standard Version

and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.

A Conservative Version

speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own conscience having been seared with a hot iron,

American Standard Version

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Amplified

[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],

An Understandable Version

[Such teaching will be spread] by hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared over as with a hot iron [i.e., making them insensitive to their guilt].

Anderson New Testament

through the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their conscience,

Bible in Basic English

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

Common New Testament

through the pretensions of liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

Daniel Mace New Testament

broach'd by hypocrititical impostors, whose consciences are cauteriz'd,

Darby Translation

speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,

Godbey New Testament

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been cauterized as to their own conscience,

Goodspeed New Testament

through the pretensions of liars??en with seared consciences

John Wesley New Testament

By the hypocrisy of them that speak lies, having their own consciences seared as with an hot iron:

Julia Smith Translation

In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;

King James 2000

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Lexham Expanded Bible

by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,

Modern King James verseion

speaking lies in hypocrisy, being seared in their own conscience,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and devilish doctrine of them which speak false through hypocrisy, and have their consciences marked with a hot iron,

Moffatt New Testament

through plausible sophists who are seared in conscience ??3 men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.

Montgomery New Testament

speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

NET Bible

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

New Heart English Bible

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Noyes New Testament

through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience,

Sawyer New Testament

[misled] by the hypocrisy of false teachers, whose consciences are cauterized,

The Emphasized Bible

in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, of demons cauterised in their own conscience, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

men who teach lies with hypocrisy; and have their own consciences cauterised;

Twentieth Century New Testament

who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These men's consciences are seared,

Webster

Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Weymouth New Testament

through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;

World English Bible

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Worrell New Testament

in hypocrisy of men speaking lies, branded in their own conscience with a hot iron;

Worsley New Testament

and doctrines of demons founded in the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience, forbidding to marry,

Youngs Literal Translation

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ψευδολόγος 
Pseudologos 
Usage: 1

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ὑπόκρισις 
Hupokrisis 
Usage: 5

καυτηριάζω 
Kauteriazo 
sear with a hot iron
Usage: 1

ἴδιος 
Idios 
Usage: 96

συνείδησις 
suneidesis 
Usage: 32

Images 1 Timothy 4:2

Prayers for 1 Timothy 4:2

Context Readings

The Coming Apostasy

1 Now the Spirit distinctly declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, because they continuously give their attention to deceiving spirits and the things that demons teach 2 through the pretensions of false teachers, men with seared consciences, 3 who forbid people to marry and teach them to abstain from certain sorts of food which God created for the grateful enjoyment of those who have faith and a clear knowledge of the truth.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:19

for in their recklessness they have abandoned themselves to sensuality which leads to excessive practices of all sorts of immorality.

Matthew 7:15

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

Matthew 24:24

for false Christs and false prophets will announce themselves, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead, if possible, God's chosen people.

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number men will appear who will try, by speaking perversions of truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

Romans 1:28

And so, as they did not approve of fully recognizing God any longer, God gave them up to minds that He did not approve, to practices that were improper;

Romans 16:18

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may not be babies any longer, or like sailors tossed about and driven around by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men through their cunning in inventing new methods of error.

2 Timothy 3:5

keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.

2 Peter 2:1-3

Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you too, who will insidiously introduce destructive heresies and deny the Master who has bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction.

Revelation 16:14

They are the spirits of demons that perform wonders, and they go forth to the kings of the whole world, to muster them for battle on the great day of the Almighty God.

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