Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Timothy 3:7

"ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." — 2 Timothy 3:7 (ASV)

In the first five verses of this chapter Paul has been pointing out the characteristics of the false teachers in their love for money and pleasure. Now he criticizes them for their depraved living and thinking. He says that they “worm their way into homes.” “Gain control over” (lit., “take captive,” as in war; GK 170) may mean only “deceive.” “Weak-willed women” (GK 1220) are those who are overwhelmed with sins and “swayed by all kinds of evil desires.” Such women become an easy prey for false teachers. Verse 7 suggests that these women wanted to pose as learned people, but actually they remained ignorant of the truth.