2 Timothy 3:8 meaning and explanation

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

2 Timothy 3:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing his last letter to Timothy, warning him about false teachers who would infiltrate the church in the last days. Here he compares them to Jannes and Jambres, the traditional names (not found in the Old Testament) of the Egyptian magicians who resisted Moses before Pharaoh.

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