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2 Timothy 3:9 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 9
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.2 Timothy 3:9 · King James Version
2 Timothy 3:9 in context
7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- proceedprokoptōto beat forward, to lengthen out by hammering , metaph. to promote, forward, further, to…G4298 →
- furtherepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- furtherpleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
- theirsekeinoshe, she it, etcG1565 →
- follyanoiawant of understanding, folly, madness expressing itself in rageG454 →
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Timothy must not think it strange if there were in the church bad men; for the net of the gospel was to enclose both good fish and bad, Mat 13:47, Mat 13:48. Jesus Christ had foretold (Mt.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9