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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_timothy/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_timothy/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />(Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_timothy/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of <i>the</i> truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_timothy/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_timothy/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_timothy/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_timothy/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_timothy/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_timothy/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />always learning <i>and</i> listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_timothy/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_timothy/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_timothy/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />These women always want to learn something new, but they never can discover the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_timothy/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_timothy/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These women are always studying but are never able to recognize the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_timothy/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_timothy/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_timothy/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_timothy/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_timothy/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_timothy/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_timothy/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_timothy/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />always learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of truth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_timothy/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of <i>the</i> truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_timothy/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_timothy/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_timothy/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_timothy/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />always learning, yet never achieving knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_timothy/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_timothy/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />who are always being instructed and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_timothy/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Ever striving to learn, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_timothy/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Who are always learning and are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_timothy/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />that are always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_timothy/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />always learning, and never able to come into the perfect knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_timothy/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />always learning, yet never able to attain unto the knowledge of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_timothy/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and by lending an assiduous ear to such lessons, render it impossible they should ever be acquainted with the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_timothy/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />always learning, and never able to come to the full knowledge of <i>the</i> truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_timothy/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>and</i> led <i>away</i> by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_timothy/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxoCLii8Z48?start=462" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/3.htm">Evil in the Last Days</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>They 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, <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3842.htm" title="3842: pantote (Adv) -- Always, at all times, ever. From pas and hote; every when, i.e. At all times.">who are always</a> <a href="/greek/3129.htm" title="3129: manthanonta (V-PPA-ANP) -- Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.">learning</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">but</a> <a href="/greek/3368.htm" title="3368: mēdepote (Adv) -- Not at any time, never. From mede and pote; not even ever.">never</a> <a href="/greek/1410.htm" title="1410: dynamena (V-PPM/P-ANP) -- (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.">able</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthein (V-ANA) -- To come, go. ">to come</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/1922.htm" title="1922: epignōsin (N-AFS) -- From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.">a knowledge</a> <a href="/greek/225.htm" title="225: alētheias (N-GFS) -- From alethes; truth.">of the truth.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a></span><br />The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a></span><br />The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a></span><br />“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a></span><br />They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-6.htm">Proverbs 14:6</a></span><br />A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">1 Timothy 6:20-21</a></span><br />O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,” / which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Isaiah 44:18-20</a></span><br />They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. / And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” / He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a></span><br />In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-43.htm">John 8:43-47</a></span><br />Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. / You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. / But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-1.htm">Proverbs 2:1-5</a></span><br />My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, / if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, / if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a></span><br />And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18-21</a></span><br />For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. / For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” / Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.</p><p class="hdg">learning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3,4</a></b></br> 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; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Deuteronomy 29:4</a></b></br> Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/14-6.htm">Proverbs 14:6</a></b></br> A scorner seeketh wisdom, and <i>findeth it</i> not: but knowledge <i>is</i> easy unto him that understandeth.</p><p class="hdg">never.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/2-4.htm">1 Timothy 2:4</a></b></br> Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.</p><p class="hdg">the knowledge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/2-25.htm">2 Timothy 2:25</a></b></br> In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">Able</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-14.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-4.htm">Always</a> <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Anybody</a> <a href="/philippians/3-11.htm">Arrive</a> <a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Learning</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">New</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-16.htm">Real</a> <a href="/philippians/2-16.htm">Something</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-25.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-25.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_timothy/3-15.htm">Able</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-14.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">Always</a> <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">Anybody</a> <a href="/genesis/19-22.htm">Arrive</a> <a href="/job/8-8.htm">Learning</a> <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">New</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">Real</a> <a href="/philemon/1-16.htm">Something</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Timothy 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">Paul advises Timothy of the difficult times to come;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">describes the enemies of the truth;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">explains unto him his own example;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">and commends the holy Scriptures;</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_timothy/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_timothy/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>who are always learning</b><br>This phrase highlights a continuous pursuit of knowledge without reaching a conclusion. In the context of 2 Timothy, Paul warns Timothy about false teachers and those who are led astray by them. The Greek culture of the time highly valued philosophy and intellectual pursuits, often leading to endless debates and discussions. This pursuit of knowledge can be seen as a reflection of the Athenians in <a href="/acts/17-21.htm">Acts 17:21</a>, who spent their time in nothing else but telling or hearing something new. The phrase suggests a futile cycle of learning without spiritual enlightenment or transformation.<p><b>but never able to come</b><br>This part of the verse indicates an inability or failure to reach a destination or goal. In the biblical context, it implies a spiritual stagnation or blindness. Despite their efforts, these individuals are hindered by their own misconceptions or the deceit of false teachings. This echoes the warning in <a href="/2_timothy/3-5.htm">2 Timothy 3:5</a> about having a form of godliness but denying its power. The inability to come to the truth is often due to a hardened heart or a lack of genuine faith, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a>, where people, although knowing God, did not honor Him.<p><b>to a knowledge of the truth.</b><br>The "knowledge of the truth" refers to the understanding and acceptance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, truth is often synonymous with the teachings of Christ and the revelation of God's will (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>). The truth is not merely intellectual assent but involves a transformative relationship with God. In <a href="/1_timothy/2-4.htm">1 Timothy 2:4</a>, Paul expresses God's desire for all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth, highlighting the salvific nature of this knowledge. The failure to reach this knowledge is a spiritual tragedy, as it means missing out on the salvation and freedom offered through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>- The apostle who authored the letter to Timothy, providing guidance and instruction for church leadership and personal conduct.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>- A young pastor and protégé of Paul, recipient of the letter, tasked with leading the church in Ephesus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>- The city where Timothy was leading the church, known for its diverse culture and challenges to Christian teaching.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a></b><br>- Individuals within the church who were spreading incorrect doctrines, leading believers astray.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_last_days.htm">The Last Days</a></b><br>- A period described by Paul characterized by moral decay and spiritual deception, relevant to Timothy's context and applicable to future generations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_superficial_learning.htm">The Danger of Superficial Learning</a></b><br>Constantly acquiring information without discernment or application can lead to spiritual stagnation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_truth.htm">The Importance of Truth</a></b><br>True knowledge is not just intellectual but transformative, leading to a deeper relationship with Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_the_last_days.htm">Discernment in the Last Days</a></b><br>Believers must be vigilant against false teachings and seek wisdom through the Holy Spirit to discern truth from error.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture.htm">The Role of Scripture</a></b><br>Engaging deeply with the Bible is essential for understanding God's truth and applying it to our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_faith.htm">Active Faith</a></b><br>Knowledge should lead to action; believers are called to live out their faith in practical ways, reflecting the truth they have learned.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_timothy_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Timothy 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_truth-leading_knowledge.htm">In 2 Timothy 3:7, some are described as “always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth”; how can we verify which knowledge truly leads to truth and which does not?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_learn_but_never_know_the_truth.htm">Why always learn but never know the truth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/lessons_from_zechariah,_gabriel,_mary.htm">Why always learn but never know the truth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_tim_6_20-21_warn_against_false_knowledge.htm">Why does 1 Timothy 6:20-21 specifically caution against 'what is falsely called knowledge,' and how might this be seen as disparaging intellectual pursuit or scientific inquiry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_timothy/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.</span>--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 <span class= "ital">the full</span> 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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_timothy/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ever learning,</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_timothy/3-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">always</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντοτε</span> <span class="translit">(pantote)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3842.htm">Strong's 3842: </a> </span><span class="str2">Always, at all times, ever. From pas and hote; every when, i.e. At all times.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">learning</span><br /><span class="grk">μανθάνοντα</span> <span class="translit">(manthanonta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3129.htm">Strong's 3129: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[but]</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">never</span><br /><span class="grk">μηδέποτε</span> <span class="translit">(mēdepote)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3368.htm">Strong's 3368: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not at any time, never. From mede and pote; not even ever.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">able</span><br /><span class="grk">δυνάμενα</span> <span class="translit">(dynamena)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1410.htm">Strong's 1410: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to come</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐλθεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(elthein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a knowledge</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπίγνωσιν</span> <span class="translit">(epignōsin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1922.htm">Strong's 1922: </a> </span><span class="str2">From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [the] truth.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀληθείας</span> <span class="translit">(alētheias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_225.htm">Strong's 225: </a> </span><span class="str2">From alethes; truth.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_timothy/3-7.htm">NT Letters: 2 Timothy 3:7 Always learning and never able to come (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Timothy 3:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Timothy 3:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Timothy 3:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Timothy 3:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>