{"id":3554,"date":"2015-01-04T10:11:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2023-04-20T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:31:00","slug":"2-timothy-31-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3554","title":{"rendered":"2 Timothy 3:1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

but know this (v.1) \u2014 tense is present continuous, so “be keeping this in your mind,” “keep in recognition” \u2014 know that these things (vs. 2-5) will happen even in light of your gentle, patient teaching (2 Timothy 2:24-26<\/span><\/a>).<\/h3>\n

the last days (v.1) \u2014 Some commentaries think “last days” refers to this entire age of grace because Paul told Timothy to turn away from these things when the letter was written. Others think it refers to the period of this age just before the Rapture. I wonder if Paul was saying that humans have these characteristics and so, therefore, expect difficult times to come. The way you might tell a child, “Dogs are loud and messy and need constant care, so if you get one, expect to have to deal with those things.”<\/h3>\n

The last days to which Paul refers began during his own lifetime. They were the “last days,” not of prophecy, but of the “dispensation of the grace of God,” and have been extended until the present only because God is longsuffering, “not willing that any should perish” (2 Peter 3:9). <\/span><\/h3>\n

But while these verses contain a list of the simple characteristics of fallen human nature, and while, during the course of the present age these characteristics have periodically asserted themselves more boldly, yet it appears evident that never in this dispensation have they been so widespread in their manifestation. <\/span><\/h3>\n

“We are not looking for the signs of the times, for these are not the times of the signs.” Yet it should be noted that in addition to the specific signs that will herald our Lord’s return to earth, certain trends are also spoken of in this connection, trends which may indeed begin to develop in our day. In Daniel 12:4, e.g., Daniel is told to “shut up the words, and seal the book (i.e. of his prophecy), even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” As we behold the unprecedented increase in travel and knowledge in the past few decades, may this not be a harbinger of things to come and cause us to await the more eagerly our Lord’s coming for us? \u2014 Stam, page 193<\/span><\/h3>\n

perilous (v.1) = difficult, hard to bear<\/h3>\n

will come (v.1) = lit. “to set in”<\/h3>\n

lovers of themselves (v.2) = philautos<\/em> = “to be fond of self”<\/h3>\n

lovers of money (v.2) = philarguros<\/em> = “fond of silver”<\/h3>\n

boasters (v.2) = empty pretenders, swaggerers, with the idea of “imposters”<\/h3>\n

proud (v.2) = lit. “to show above” \u2014 one who shows himself above others<\/h3>\n

blasphemers (v.2) = slanderers, those who speak abusively at or about others<\/h3>\n

disobedient (v.2) = unwilling to be persuaded<\/h3>\n

unthankful (v.2) = without gratitude, perhaps linked to “disobedient to parents”<\/h3>\n

unholy (v.2) \u2014 holy, here, is hosios<\/em> = free from unrighteousness and pollution, so, not free from …<\/h3>\n

unloving (v.3) \u2014 It designates “that quiet and abiding feeling within us, which, resting on an object as near to us, recognizes that we are closely bound up with it and takes satisfaction in its recognition.” It is a love that is a natural movement of the soul, something almost like gravitation or some other force of blind nature. It is the love of parents for children, and children for parents, of husband for wife, and wife for husband. It is a love of obligatoriness, the term being used here, not in its moral sense, but in a natural sense. It is a necessity under the circumstances. \u2014 Wuest, page 144.<\/span><\/h3>\n

unforgiving (v.3) \u2014 one who won’t enter into a covenant or agreement, one who is not to be appeased<\/h3>\n

Trucebreakers [unforgiving (v.3)] is aspondos<\/em>. The word is made up of sponde<\/em>, “a libation,” which is a kind of sacrifice, and which accompanied the making of treaties and compacts. The Alpha prefixed, negates the word, and it means “refusing to enter into a treaty, irreconcilable, implacable.” \u2014 Wuest, page 144.<\/span><\/h3>\n

slanderers (v.3) = diabolos<\/em> = devils \u2014 those who spread criticism and innuendo<\/h3>\n

without self-control (v.3) = incontinent, without power over one’s self, no restraint, especially in regard to lusts<\/h3>\n

brutal (v.3) = savage, merciless, not tame \u2014 the opposite of gentle<\/h3>\n

despisers of good (v.3) = aphilagathos<\/em> = lit. “without love or fondness for the good” \u2014 hostile to all good thoughts and deeds<\/h3>\n

traitors (v.4) \u2014 treacherous in their dealings with others<\/h3>\n

headstrong (v.4) = lit. “falling forward” \u2014 reckless, rash, precipitate<\/h3>\n

haughty (v.4) = “highminded” [haughty (v.4)] is tuphoo<\/em>, “to raise a smoke, to wrap in a mist.” It is used metaphorically, “to make proud, puffed up with pride, render insolent.” The participle here is perfect in tense, and speaks of a person who in the past has come to a state of such pride, and is so puffed up, that his mind as a permanent result is beclouded and besotted with pride. \u2014 Wuest, page 145.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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form (v.5) \u2014 In Romans 2:20<\/a><\/span>, morphosis<\/em> is the truthful embodiment of knowledge and truth as contained in the law of God. Here, the mere outward resemblance, as distinguished from the essential reality.” \u2014 Wuest, page 145.<\/span><\/h3>\n

godliness (v.5) = reverence, respect toward God \u2014 not Godlikeness<\/span><\/h3>\n

power (v.5) = power that overcomes resistance \u2014 here, this power is refused<\/h3>\n

from such (v.5) = from these also \u2014 Timothy was to turn away from all those habitually doing any of the sins listed in these verses and also from those doing them with an outward show of godliness.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3554"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7735,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554\/revisions\/7735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}