# they will not advance very far
Paul uses an expression about physical movement to mean that the false teachers will not have much success among the believers. Alternate translation: "they will not have much success" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# obvious to all
"easily seen by all" or "something everyone will see"
# of those men
"of Jannes and Jambres"