“A Plethora Of Passions”

Monday, November 24, 2014

     2 Timothy 3:6 says, "For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts."  What does the word ‘divers’ mean?

Sincerely,
Scuba Steve

Dear Scuba Steve,

‘Divers’ is the old English way of spelling ‘diverse’, and it has nothing to do with aquatic spelunking.  The Greek word in 2 Tim 3:6 literally means ‘of various sorts, a variety’.  Paul is telling Timothy that there is a type of person that leads people astray in a variety of different ways, and they follow a myriad of different lusts.

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