2 Timothy 3:7 “who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the t…”

2 Timothy 3:7

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

World English Bible

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

American Standard Version

ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

Darby Translation

always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

Young's Literal Translation

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

Bible in Basic English

Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

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Cross references

“learning”

Ephesians 4:14 Proverbs 14:6 John 5:44 Hebrews 5:11 1 Corinthians 3:1–4 Deuteronomy 29:4

Ephesians 4:14 · BSB

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Proverbs 14:6 · BSB

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

John 5:44 · BSB

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Hebrews 5:11 · BSB

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

1 Corinthians 3:1–4 · BSB

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

Deuteronomy 29:4 · BSB

Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

“never”

1 Timothy 2:4

1 Timothy 2:4 · BSB

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

“the knowledge”

2 Timothy 2:25

2 Timothy 2:25 · BSB

He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

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