translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: Jannes and Jambres were the traditional names of two of Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses at the time of the Exodus.


text: There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9 .


text: In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions. map For location see JP1-E2 ; JP2-E2 ; JP3-E2


text: Inspired by God. Some have connected this adjective in a different way and translated it as “every inspired scripture is also useful.” But this violates the parallelism of the two adjectives in the sentence, and the arrangement of words makes clear that both should be taken as predicate adjectives: “ every scripture is inspired…and useful .”