2 Timotheus 3:9

9 Sie werden aber nicht weiter fortschreiten, denn ihr Unverstand wird allen offenbar werden, wie auch der von jenen es wurde.

2 Timotheus 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 3:9

But they shall proceed no further
They may proceed to more ungodliness, and wax worse and worse in error; but they shall proceed no further than the magicians of Egypt, who did lying wonders, hardened Pharaoh's heart, and deceived him and the Egyptians; but could not destroy the Israelites, nor hinder their departure out of Egypt, when their time was come: so these wicked men do false miracles, harden the popes of Rome, and deceive the nations subject to them; but they cannot deceive the elect of God, nor destroy the church of God, against which the gates of hell cannot prevail; nor could they hinder the reformation, or the departure of the Lord's people out of Babylon.

For their folly should be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also
was;
as the folly of Jannes and Jambres was, when Aaron's rod devoured theirs; and when they could not produce lice, but was obliged to own to Pharaoh, that that plague was the finger of God; and when they could not stand before Moses, because of the boils that were upon them, ( Exodus 7:12 ) ( Exodus 8:18 Exodus 8:19 ) ( 9:11 ) . And so the Arabic version renders it, "as is manifest the folly, or madness of these two"; and it is notorious in how many instances the frauds, impostures, tricks, and villanies of the church of Rome, and its votaries, have been detected and exposed; which have been the means of hindering them from proceeding any further than they have. The Alexandrian copy reads, "their understanding"; that which they pretended to have of divine things.

2 Timotheus 3:9 In-Context

7 die immerdar lernen und niemals zur Erkenntnis der Wahrheit kommen können.

8 Gleicherweise aber wie Jannes und Jambres Mose widerstanden, also widerstehen auch diese der Wahrheit, Menschen, verderbt in der Gesinnung, unbewährt hinsichtlich des Glaubens.

9 Sie werden aber nicht weiter fortschreiten, denn ihr Unverstand wird allen offenbar werden, wie auch der von jenen es wurde.

10 Du aber hast genau erkannt meine Lehre, mein Betragen, meinen Vorsatz, meinen Glauben, meine Langmut, meine Liebe, mein Ausharren,

11 meine Verfolgungen, meine Leiden: welcherlei Leiden mir widerfahren sind in Antiochien, in Ikonium, in Lystra; welcherlei Verfolgungen ich ertrug, und aus allen hat der Herr mich gerettet.