2 Timothy 3
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The Dangers of the Last Days.#The moral depravity and false teaching that will be rampant in the last days are already at work (2 Tm 3:1–5). The frivolous and superficial, too, devoid of the true spirit of religion, will be easy victims of those who pervert them by falsifying the truth (2 Tm 3:6–8), just as Jannes and Jambres, Pharaoh’s magicians of Egypt (Ex 7:11–12, 22), discredited the truth in Moses’ time. Exodus does not name the magicians, but the two names are widely found in much later Jewish, Christian, and even pagan writings. Their origins are legendary. 1But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days.#1 Tm 4:1; 2 Pt 3:3; Jude 18. 2People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious,#Rom 1:29–31. 3callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good, 4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power. Reject them.#Rom 2:20–22; Ti 1:16. 6For some of these slip into homes and make captives of women weighed down by sins, led by various desires,#Ti 1:11. 7always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth.#2:25. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so they also oppose the truth—people of depraved mind, unqualified in the faith.#Ex 7:11, 22; 1 Tm 6:5. 9But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be plain to all, as it was with those two.
Paul’s Example and Teaching.#Paul’s example for Timothy includes persecution, a frequent emphasis in the Pastorals. Timothy is to be steadfast to what he has been taught and to scripture. The scriptures are the source of wisdom, i.e., of belief in and loving fulfillment of God’s word revealed in Christ, through whom salvation is given. 10You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me.#Acts 13:50; 14:5, 19 / Ps 34:20. 12In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.#Jn 15:20; Acts 14:22. 13But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. 14But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it,#2:2. 15and that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.#Jn 5:39. 16#Useful for teaching…every good work: because as God’s word the scriptures share his divine authority. It is exercised through those who are ministers of the word.All scripture#Rom 15:4; 2 Pt 1:19–21. is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,#All scripture is inspired by God: this could possibly also be translated, “All scripture inspired by God is useful for….” In this classic reference to inspiration, God is its principal author, with the writer as the human collaborator. Thus the scriptures are the word of God in human language. See also 2 Pt 1:20–21. 17so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.#2:21.
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II Timothy 3
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Perilous Times and Perilous Men
1But know this, that #1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Pet. 3:3; 1 John 2:18; Jude 17, 18in the last days perilous times will come: 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4#2 Pet. 2:10traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5#Titus 1:16having a form of godliness but #1 Tim. 5:8denying its power. And #Matt. 23:3; 2 Thess. 3:6; 1 Tim. 6:5from such people turn away! 6For #Matt. 23:14; Titus 1:11of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7always learning and never able #1 Tim. 2:4to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8#Ex. 7:11, 12, 22; 8:7; 9:11Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: #1 Tim. 6:5men of corrupt minds, #Rom. 1:28disapproved concerning the faith; 9but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, #Ex. 7:11, 12; 8:18; 9:11as theirs also was.
The Man of God and the Word of God
10#Phil. 2:20, 22; 1 Tim. 4:6But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, 11persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me #Acts 13:44–52at Antioch, #Acts 14:1–6, 19at Iconium, #Acts 14:8–20at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And #Ps. 34:19out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12Yes, and #(Ps. 34:19)all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13#2 Thess. 2:11But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14But you must #2 Tim. 1:13; Titus 1:9continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15and that from childhood you have known #Ps. 119:97–104; John 5:39the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16#(2 Pet. 1:20)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, #Rom. 4:23; 15:4and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17#1 Tim. 6:11that the man of God may be complete, #2 Tim. 2:21; Heb. 13:21thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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