2 Timothy 3:6 (LSB)

Passage

For among them are those who enter into households and take captive weak women weighed down with sins, being led on by various desires,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

2 Timothy 3:5 holding to a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Keep away from such men as these.

2 Timothy 3:6 For among them are those who enter into households and take captive weak women weighed down with sins, being led on by various desires,

2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, disqualified in regard to the faith.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enter", "households", "take", "captive", "weak", "women", "weighed", and "down". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enter" and "households", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "holding to a form of godliness but..." into verse 7's "always learning and never able to come...", so "enter" and "households" 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 "enter" and "households" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.