2 Timothy 3:13 (DRB)

Passage

But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

2 Timothy 3:12 And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,

2 Timothy 3:14 But continue thou in those things which thou hast learned and which have been committed to thee. Knowing of whom thou hast learned them:

2 Timothy 3:15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "evil", "seducers", "shall", "grow", "worse", "erring", and "driving". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "evil" and "seducers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And all that will live godly in..." into verse 14's "But continue thou in those things which...", so "evil" and "seducers" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "evil" and "seducers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.