2 Timothy 3:7 (GNV)

Passage

Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:5 Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.

2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creepe into houses, and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes,

2 Timothy 3:7 Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

2 Timothy 3:8 And as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moses, so doe these also resist the trueth, men of corrupt mindes, reprobate concerning the faith.

2 Timothy 3:9 But they shall preuaile no longer: for their madnesse shalbe euident vnto all men, as theirs also was.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "women", "euer", "learning", "neuer", "able", "come", "acknowledging", and "trueth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "women" and "euer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "For of this sort are they which..." into verse 8's "And as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moses...", so "women" and "euer" 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 "women" and "euer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.