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2 Timothy 3:2-9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was.

2 Timothy 3:2-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:2

Theological / Devotional

Men. Gr. anthropoi, “mankind.”

Lovers of their own selves. The antithesis of the genuine Christian spirit of unselfishness (see on 1 Cor. 13:5) and meekness (see on Matt. 5:5).

Covetous. Gr. philarguroi, “money-lovers” (see on Luke 16:14; cf. on 1 Tim. 6:10).

Boasters. Or, “empty pretenders” (see Rom. 1:30), that is, those who trust in their own abilities while defying the resources of God and the rights of their fellow men.

Proud. Or, “haughty” (see Rom. 1:30), that is, considering others with contempt or disrespect.

Blasphemers. Or, “slanderers,” “abusers,” that is, evil speaking that attempts to damage the reputation and worth of another, either God or man.

Disobedient. See on Rom. 1:30.

Unthankful. Or, “ungrateful,” that is, for the benefits received from both God and parents. Those who are “self-lovers” are rarely grateful to others. Modern inventions have contributed to a humanistic self-sufficiency that often obscures man’s continual need for God’s benefits.

Unholy. Or, “impious,” a pointed reference to a frame of mind that rules God out of thought and action (see Isa. 57:20, 21; Rom. 3:17, 18).

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