2 Timothy 3:7

Difficult Times Ahead In The Last Days

⁶ Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners--women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice, ⁷ and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth. ⁸ And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned.

Knowledge of the Truth

1 Timothy 2:4

who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:25

He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth

Matthew 13:11

"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

John 3:20-21

For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.

John 5:44

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

John 12:42-43

Nevertheless even from among the Rulers many believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not avow their belief, for fear they should be shut out from the synagogue.

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

And as for myself, brethren, I found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men. It had to be as to worldlings--mere babes in Christ.

Ephesians 4:14

So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;

Hebrews 5:11

Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension.