2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, There lies in the womanly character the foundation; as for the highest development of the power of faith, so also for the highest revelation of the power of sin (comp. Revelation 17.). Josephus also states that the Pharisees especially had found much support amongst women ("Antiq." 17:02). Compare the account, moreover, of the rich Fulvia of Rome, who was induced by two Jewish impostors to furnish a considerable sum of gold, under the supposition that it was for the temple at Jerusalem ("Antiq." 18:03). (Van Oosterzee.) Parallel Verses KJV: For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, |
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