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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2 Timothy 3
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The Last Days
1#Eze 38:16; 2Pe 3:3Know this: In the last days perilous times will come. 2#Php 2:21; Jude 1:16Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3#Ro 1:31; 1Ti 3:11without natural affection, trucebreakers, slanderers, unrestrained, fierce, despisers of those who are good, 4#1Ti 3:6traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, 5#1Ti 5:8; Mt 7:15having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Turn away from such people.
6#Titus 3:3; Jude 1:4Those of this nature creep into houses and captivate silly women who are burdened with sins and led away with various desires, 7#1Ti 2:4; 2Ti 2:25always learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8#Ex 7:11; 1Ti 6:5Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt minds and worthless concerning the faith. 9#Ex 7:12; 9:11But they shall proceed no further, for their folly will be revealed to everyone, as theirs also was.
Last Charge to Timothy
10#Php 2:22; 1Ti 4:6But you have observed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, tolerance, love, patience, 11#Ps 34:19; Ac 13:45persecutions, and afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—what persecutions I endured! But the Lord delivered me out of them all. 12#Ac 14:22; Titus 2:12Yes, and all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13But evil men and seducers will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14#2Ti 1:13But continue in the things that you have learned and have been assured of, knowing those from whom you have learned them, 15#2Ti 1:5and that since childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through the faith that is in Christ Jesus. 16#Ro 15:4All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17#1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:21that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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