{"id":6623,"date":"2015-07-02T02:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T02:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstofallpray.com\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2015-07-02T02:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T02:17:59","slug":"folly-exposed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstofallpray.com\/?p=6623","title":{"rendered":"Folly exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to<\/strong> all<\/strong>\u2026 <\/em>2 Timothy 3:9<\/p>\n

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a02 Timothy 3:13<\/p>\n

The above two verses couldn\u2019t seem any more contradictory, yet they both appear in the apostle Paul\u2019s description of the last days. Both verses are about the same type of people\u2014evil men and impostors\u2014men who oppose the truth, who have depraved minds, and who are rejected in regard to the faith (see 2 Timothy 3:8).<\/p>\n

Verse 9 tells us that these truth-haters will make no further progress<\/em>. Verse 13 says that they will proceed from bad to worse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Could both verses be true and<\/em> about the same godless people?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s muddy the waters a bit more before we clear them up. Did you know that the word for \u201cprogress\u201d in verse 9 and the word for \u201cproceed\u201d in verse 13 are one and the same word?<\/p>\n

Both words are prokopt\u014d <\/em>in Greek. It means to promote, to further, to advance, to go forward, and to make progress (see http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/lang\/Lexicon\/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G4298&t=KJV<\/a> ).<\/p>\n

According to the Word, evil men and impostors will prokopt\u014d<\/em> (proceed and advance) from bad to worse. And, also<\/em> according to the Bible, these evil men will not make further prokopt\u014d <\/em>(progress or advancement).<\/p>\n

If the evil operatives of the last days:<\/p>\n