As Jannes and Jambres. These are the traditional names of Pharaoh's chief sorcerers, who opposed Moses (Exodus 7:11). Opposed to the truth. Like Elymas (Acts 13:8 and note). Paul must mean that some of these will even do counterfeit miracles and false outpourings of the Spirit to deceive people! See Revelation 13:13 and note. These false teachers were very deep into the occult. And who are failures. Paul also uses this expression in 2 Corinthians 13:5. These people have reached the stage in their apostasy that they are amoral, having lost any sense of right or wrong, good or bad.

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