Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Timothy 2:16
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2 Timothy2:16
16. shun--literally, "stand above," separate from, and superior to.
vain--opposed to "the truth" (2Ti 2:15).
babblings--with loud voice: opposed to the temperate "word" (Tit 3:9).
increase--Greek, advance"; literally, "strike forward": an image from pioneers cutting away all obstacles before an advancing army. They pretend progress; the only kind of progress they make is to a greater pitch of impiety.
more ungodliness--Greek, "a greater degree of impiety."
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