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γόης
goēs
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G:N-M Greek

imposter

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goes denotes people characterized in 2 Timothy 3:13 by deception amid worsening evil.

The attested use identifies a plural group within a warning about evil people who deceive and are themselves deceived.

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  1. Deceptive people in a worsening pattern · dominant

    In 2 Timothy 3:13, the nominative plural masculine form names a group joined with evil people in a statement that they will advance for the worse. The APB renders the clause "evil people and impostors will advance to the worse, deceiving and being deceived," confirming the verse's setting of mutual deception.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 3:13, the APB includes the group in "evil people and impostors" and describes the clause as "deceiving and being deceived." Its exact English assignment to the Greek form cannot be isolated beyond the clause.

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