He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.
2 Timothy 3:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) They are constantly learning and [yet] never able to arrive at a [full] knowledge of the truth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth. American Standard Version (1901) ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Common English Bible These women are always learning, but they can never arrive at an understanding of the truth. Catholic Public Domain Version always learning, yet never achieving knowledge of the truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth. |
He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.
How can you believe [in me] when you [offer and] accept honors from one another, but do not try to obtain the honor that comes from the only God?
Then we will no longer be [spiritual] babies, tossed back and forth [by waves], and blown around by every wind of [false] teaching, [deceived] by the clever trickery of people using deceptive schemes.
who wants all people to be saved and come to a [full] knowledge of the truth.
[He must] gently correct those people who oppose [him], in hope that God will give them [opportunity for] repentance, leading to a [full] knowledge of the truth,
[Now] we have many things to say about Melchizedek, but because of your slowness to grasp things, they are hard to explain.