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Date Posted: 19:50:29 10/15/04 Fri
Author: Rabbi Stanley
Subject: Re: Who is 2 Timothy 3:7 talking about ?
In reply to: Yochanah 's message, "Who is 2 Timothy 3:7 talking about ?" on 06:23:43 10/06/04 Wed

The translators vary on this passage but it is clear in Greek. It is the men who are the ones who will never come to acknowledge the truth. These are the kind of men who play mind games with women. The NIV says �6They are the kind who worm their way into homes�. �Worm� is the key word here. The way it�s translated does look confusing but it�s the men in this case, not the women.
Rabbi Stanley (aka Rap_Rabbi)

>Hello, rap_rabbi ???
>
>I read your answer to "Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth
>Violence"... seems right.
>
>So i have a question. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 describes some
>really bad people who take advantage of "silly women"
>(KJV) or "weakened women" (NASB) depicted in verse 6.
>
>But then verse 7 says, (2 Timothy 3:7 KJV) "Ever
>learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of
>the truth."
>
>Who is "ever learning and never able to come to the
>knowledge of the truth" ?!?!?!?! - the women OR the
>people mentioned before the women ?
>
>I would think it would be a double-tragedy for these
>women: to be "silly" or "weak" AND to never come to
>the knowledge of the truth ! What an awful state to
>be in !
>
>Do you have any insight ?
>
>Thanks for your reply to my sincere concern.
>
>Yochanah

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