2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
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Study Note
The pessimistic assessment that 'evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived' sets the ethical eschatology of 2 Timothy firmly against optimistic expectations of moral progress — the end times are characterized not by improvement but by amplifying corruption. The Greek 'goētes' (seducers, sorcerers) specifically connotes charlatan wonder-workers who deceive through pseudo-spiritual power, a term with strong connotations of deliberate fraud. The mutual entanglement of deceiving and being deceived describes a closed epistemic circle of self-reinforcing error — those who propagate falsehood eventually lose the capacity to distinguish it from truth themselves. The verse forms the backdrop for Timothy's charge to hold fast to the Scriptures (3:14-17) as the stable reference point against shifting moral and doctrinal currents.
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But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
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