3:5 |
tNIV | having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. | having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them such people. | having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them such people. |
3:6 |
tNIV | They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, | They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, | They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, |
3:7 |
tNIV | always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. | always learning but never able to acknowledge come to a knowledge of the truth. | always learning but never able to acknowledge come to a knowledge of the truth. |
3:8 |
tNIV | Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth—men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. | Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men teachers oppose the truth—. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. | Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men teachers oppose the truth—. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. |
3:13 |
tNIV | while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | while evil men evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | while evil men evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. |
3:15 |
tNIV | and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | and how from infancy you have known the holy Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | and how from infancy you have known the holy Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. |
3:17 |
NIV2011 | so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. | so that the man of all God’s people may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. | so that the man servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. |