2 Timothy 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

As

Exodus 7:11

Exodus 8:7

Resist

Men

Reprobate

2 Corinthians 13:5

General references

Exodus 8:7

Exodus 9:11

Bible References

As

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

Resist

You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice -- practices I also hate.

Men

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires."

Reprobate

Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless, indeed, you fail the test!

General references

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.