2 Timothy 3:7

Difficult Times Ahead In The Last Days

⁶ Turn away from all such. Some of them creep into private houses and lead captive silly women who, laden with sins, ⁷ and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth. ⁸ As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith.

Knowledge of the Truth

1 Timothy 2:4

whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:25

He must be gentle when instructing opponents; for possibly God may give them a change of mind for the recognition of the truth,

Matthew 13:11

"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

John 3:20-21

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

John 5:44

"How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?

John 12:42-43

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed on him, but did not confess in on account of the Pharisees, for fear lest they be put out of the Synagogue.

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.

Ephesians 4:14

So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers upon teachers to satisfy their own fancies.

Hebrews 5:11

Concerning him I have much to say, and much that is hard to make clear to you, because you have grown dull of hearing.