πάντοτεpantoteEverπάντοτεadverb — “Ever”G3842always, at all times, ever.Everμανθάνονταmanthanontalearningμανθάνω (manthanō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “learning”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3129I learn; with adj. or nouns: I learn to be so and so; with acc. of person who is the object of knowledge; aor. sometimes: to ascertain.learningκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμηδέποτεmēdepoteneverμηδέποτεadverb — “never”G3368not at any time, never.This verse uses “never”.neverεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἐπίγνωσινepignōsinknowledgeἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “knowledge”, the object formG1922knowledge of a particular point (directed towards a particular object); perception, discernment, recognition, intuition.This verse uses “knowledge”.the knowledgeἀληθείαςalētheiasof the truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of the truthἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.δυνάμεναdunamenabe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
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American Standard Version (1901)
ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Young’s Literal Translation
always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
World English Bible
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Darby Translation
always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
Douay-Rheims
Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.
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