13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Other Translations of 2 Timothy 3:13

New International Version

13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

English Standard Version

13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

The Message

13 Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as deceived as the people they lead astray. As long as they are out there, things can only get worse.

New King James Version

13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

New Living Translation

13 But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:13

Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:10-13

(Read 2 Timothy 3:10-13)

The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ, as taught by the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it. When we know the afflictions of believers only in part, they tempt us to decline the cause for which they suffer. A form of godliness, a profession of Christian faith without a godly life, often is allowed to pass, while open profession of the truth as it is in Jesus, and resolute attention to the duties of godliness, stir up the scorn and enmity of the world. As good men, by the grace of God, grow better, so bad men, through the craft of Satan, and the power of their own corruptions, grow worse. The way of sin is down-hill; such go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Those who deceive others, deceive themselves, as they will find at last, to their cost. The history of the outward church, awfully shows that the apostle spake this as he was moved by the Holy Ghost.