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.

Resist

Men

Reprobate

2 Corinthians 13:5

Bible References

Resist

You too must be on your guard against him, for he has vigorously opposed my teaching.

But Elymas the magician -- for this is the meaning of his name -- continued to oppose them by trying to keep the governor from accepting the faith.

As we have heard that some of our number have disturbed you by their teaching, by continuing to unsettle your minds,

which is not really another one; only there are certain people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of Christ upside down.

they did not try it even for the sake of the false brothers who had been smuggled in, who stole in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, so as to make us slaves again.

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.

that is, the representative of lawlessness, whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with his plenitude of power and pretended signs and wonders,

For there are many insubordinate people, mere talkers with nothing to say, but deceivers of their own minds, especially those of the circumcision party,

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.

Little children, it is the last hour, just as you have heard that Antichrist is Coming, and already many Antichrists have appeared; so we may be sure that it is the last hour.

Dearly beloved, stop believing every so-called spiritual utterance, but keep testing them to see whether they come from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But you have it to your credit that you hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, as I do too.

Men

You have no share or part in this matter, for your heart is not sincere in the sight of God.

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;

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.

For such men are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.

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

and perpetual friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth, who imagine that religion is only a means of gain.

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.

They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable by sin. They practice enticing unsteady souls. They have trained their hearts in greed. They are doomed to a curse!

because they said to you, "In the last times there will be mockers who will live to satisfy their own godless passions."

Reprobate

You yourselves must continue testing yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. You must continue standing the test. Do you not know by a growing experience that Jesus Christ is in you? -- provided you stand the test.