2 Timothy 3:7
New International Version
always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

New Living Translation
(Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.)

English Standard Version
always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

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

Berean Literal Bible
always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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

New King James Version
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

New American Standard Bible
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

NASB 1995
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

NASB 1977
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Legacy Standard Bible
always learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

Amplified Bible
always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Christian Standard Bible
always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Who are always learning and are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Contemporary English Version
These women always want to learn something new, but they never can discover the truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These women are always studying but are never able to recognize the truth.

Good News Translation
women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth.

International Standard Version
These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth.

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

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

New American Bible
always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth.

NET Bible
Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

New Revised Standard Version
who are always being instructed and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

New Heart English Bible
always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Weymouth New Testament
and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.

World English Bible
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,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Evil in the Last Days
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, 7who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.…

Cross References
1 Timothy 2:4
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:25
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.


Treasury of Scripture

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

learning.

2 Timothy 4:3,4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; …

Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

never.

1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

the knowledge.

2 Timothy 2:25
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

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2 Timothy 3
1. Paul advises Timothy of the difficult times to come;
6. describes the enemies of the truth;
10. explains unto him his own example;
16. and commends the holy Scriptures;














(7) Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.--A morbid love of novelty, and a hope to penetrate into mysteries not revealed to God's true teachers, spurred these female learners on; but "to the full knowledge of the truth"--for this is the more accurate rendering of the Greek word--they never reached, for by their evil life their heart was hardened. That some of these false teachers laid claim to occult arts, to a knowledge of magic and sorcery, is clear from the statement contained in the next verse, where certain sorcerers of the time of Moses are compared to them.

Verse 7. - Ever learning, etc. This is the crowning feature of this powerful sketch of those "silly women," whose thoughts are busied about religion without their affections being reached or their principles being influenced by it. They are always beating about the bush, but they never get possession of the blessed and saving truth of the gospel of God. Their own selfish inclinations, and not the grace of God, continue to be the motive power with them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
always
πάντοτε (pantote)
Adverb
Strong's 3842: Always, at all times, ever. From pas and hote; every when, i.e. At all times.

learning
μανθάνοντα (manthanonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3129: Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.

[but]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

never
μηδέποτε (mēdepote)
Adverb
Strong's 3368: Not at any time, never. From mede and pote; not even ever.

able
δυνάμενα (dynamena)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

to come
ἐλθεῖν (elthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

a knowledge
ἐπίγνωσιν (epignōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1922: From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.

of [the] truth.
ἀληθείας (alētheias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 225: From alethes; truth.


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