King James Version

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,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “being captured” (αἰχμαλωτίζοντες) before weak women here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “taking captive the” (αἰχμαλωτεύοντες τὰ) before weak women here.

ἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτούτωνtoutōnthis sortοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this sort”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.this sortγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.εἰσινeisinare theyεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are they”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.are theyοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνδύνοντεςendunonteswhich creepἐνδύνω (endunō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “which creep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1744I clothe; mid: I enter, creep into.which creepεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίαςoikiashousesοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “houses”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.housesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαἰχμαλωτίζοντεςaichmalōtizonteslead captiveαἰχμαλωτίζω (aichmalōtizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “lead captive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG163I take captive (in war); I subdue, ensnare.lead captiveγυναικάριαgunaikariasilly womenγυναικάριον (gunaikarion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “silly women”, the object formG1133a woman, with all a woman's weakness, a poor weak woman, a silly woman.silly womenσεσωρευμέναsesōreumenaladenσωρεύω (sōreuō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “laden”, a completed action with a present resultG4987I heap up, load.ladenἁμαρτίαιςhamartiaiswith sinsἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “with sins”, the to- or for-formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.with sinsἀγόμεναagomenaled awayἄγω (agō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “led away”, an ongoing or repeated actionG71I lead, lead away, bring (a person, or animal), guide, spend a day, go.led awayἐπιθυμίαιςepithumiaislustsἐπιθυμία (epithumia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “lusts”, the to- or for-formG1939desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust.lustsποικίλαιςpoikilaisvariousποικίλος (poikilos)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “various”, the to- or for-formG4164various, of different colors, diverse, various.This verse uses “various”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αἰχμαλωτεύοντεςaichmalōteuonteslead captiveαἰχμαλωτεύω (aichmalōteuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “lead captive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG162I take captive, captivate.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

Young’s Literal Translation

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

World English Bible

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

Darby Translation

For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

Douay-Rheims

For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires:

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