But the apostle at the same time owns, and loves to own, that which another might perhaps despise. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. It is the word alazon ( G213) and was derived from the ale, which means a wandering about. I reply, it is not always in one way that Satan persecutes the servants of Christ. Bishop Pearson proves the divine origination of Christianity from its success being inexplicable on the supposition of its being of human origin. 2 Timothy 3 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Paul regarded these as man-made things; but the great books for a man's soul were the God-inspired ones which tradition and the experience of men had sanctified. 2 Timothy 3: Bible Study, Commentary and Summary Nothing can sanction this. It begets a contempt of men which can issue in hurting actions and in wounding words. (4.) That will = Who will live ( ) to desire, to want to, to wish. It can never cease to be a Christian's duty to maintain the unity of the Spirit; but it is not maintaining the unity of the Spirit to couple with the name of the Lord that which is fleshly and sinful. "He read on, forgetful of time, through the hours of the night, and just as the dawn was breaking, he stood up and declared, 'I believe'.". I refer to this just to remark that such links as these, which are connected with nature, all come before the apostle's mind, at the very moment when a spurious feeling would have judged it precisely the time to banish and forget them. And indeed the world easily wears that mask of religion which depends on itself; but the piety which flourishes directly from, is very hateful, as it was to the old Jews, so to the modern Christians, who are without any token of good, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Christ's apostles had no enemies but those who did not know them, or not know them fully; those who knew them best loved and honoured them the most. Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 3:2-5 For men will live a life that is centred in self; they will be lovers of money, braggarts, arrogant, lovers of insult, disobedient to their parents, thankless, regardless even of the ultimate decencies of life, without human affection, implacable in hatred, revelling in slander, ungovernable in their passions, savage, not knowing what the love of good is, treacherous, headlong in word and action, inflated with pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. It is easy for a professed Christian to avoid persecution, if he yields every point in which religion is opposed to the world. You're in an alien world. And this, I apprehend, is the reason. God help us. 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; Well soon your Bible will be so messed up you wouldn't be able to read it. Amidst all the stories one fact stands out--Jannes and Jambres became legendary figures typifying all those who opposed the purposes of God and the work of his true leaders. Observe, Timothy must continue in the things which he had learned and had been assured of. He was to communicate the things he had learnt of Paul, that they might be able to teach others also. It was not then an indifferent matter to God. Verse 2 Timothy 3:4. The wickedness of evil people, particularly charlatans, will increase as time passes. The cause of the perilous times are found in the things that people will be doing, and at the top of the list. On the other hand, it is unholy to tamper with evil. There is a sense in which slander is the most cruel of all sins. 2 Timothy Greeting. First, there are the duties of an apostle. But God prepares the instruments through which He works and the most important preparation is through the Word of God. What does 2 Timothy 3:12 mean? | BibleRef.com Here we have him recurring to that which was entirely outside nature, and before its very platform existed. It has become their God and thus, they are guilty as those in the Old Testament who were worshipping Mammon, who, or rather Molech who was the god of pleasure. It may well be a proof of Timothy's courage and consecration that he had seen very clearly what could happen to an apostle and had yet not hesitated to cast in his lot with Paul. Any conversion which makes a man think of nothing but the fact that he has been saved is no true conversion. The Kingdom had its price. "Put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit but to the subverting of the hearers. The same Spirit that breathed reason into us breathes revelation among us: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men spoke as they were moved or carried forth by the Holy Ghost,2 Peter 1:21. ' according to godliness, 1 Timothy 6:3; Titus 1:1; and in all godliness, 1 Timothy 2:2. III. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. The Greek word (prodotes, G4273) means nothing less than a traitor. 2 Timothy 3:12 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary - Bible Tools In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. And may not their freedom from it prove that they have surrendered the principles of their religion, where they should have stood firm, though the world were arrayed against them? Lear's words remain true: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is. Study Guide for 2 Timothy 3 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible Avoid such people. And how profitable is the word of God to us today! 2 Timothy 3:12, "Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.". He tells him further to "hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Things are very much taking this direction of late, and at the present moment. From childhood he has been guided by the Scriptures, and his faith in those Scriptures gives him assurance in his salvation (14-15). He was one that needed to lean on an arm stronger than his own. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. for instruction in righteousness ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ): And righteousness is just actually the act of being right or doing right or living right. It is not "the commandment," as of authority, but "according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus." THE QUALITIES OF GODLESSNESS ( 2 Timothy 3:2-5 ). A. M. Chirgwin has story after story of how the Scriptures came by chance into the hands of men and changed their lives. e Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.. Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You. This chapter has a vivid description of the great apostasy (2 Timothy 3:1-9), signs of which were already present, an appeal to Paul's own inspiring and inspired example (2 Timothy 3:10-15), and one of the most impressive paragraphs in all the Bible with reference to the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16,17).For more extensive discussion of the apostasy, the man of . [Note: Knight, p. Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying life. 2. The absence of persecution, in any active sense, from the lives of most Christians of this era is generally due to the watered-down version of their Christianity and not to any subsidence of the savage hatred of the darkness for the light. There would be two ways in which these heretics in the days of Timothy could exert an evil influence. The deterioration, rapid deterioration so that a mother has to worry when she sends her little child to school because she doesn't know what some kinky character might do, exposing themselves to that beautiful little child or even worse. No man is saved unless he is on fire to save his fellow-men. The emphasis of so many people is just on being beautiful, lovers of themselves. Here is one of the most terrible pictures in the New Testament of what a godless world would be like, with the terrible qualities of godlessness set out in a ghastly series. My wife and I eat out quite a bit. This is a very striking word. It is profitable to us for all the purposes of the Christian life, for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. But, if one confesses the name of the Lord, the word is imperative: "let him depart from iniquity." His mental palate loses its taste. He is the man who is guilty of the "sin of the high heart." Don't expect the world to admire your godly stance. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. It is to be supposed that the younger labourer cowered somewhat, unwilling to incur the odious charge, so easily made but hard to refute, of setting himself up and taking the place of some great one. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Timothy Chapter 1 It is an immense blessing that we have the truth not only in a book, but in a practical shape, the truth that comes out of the heart and from the lips of living men of God. "He kicked the world about," said one, "as if it had been a football." Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. Timothy, again, winced under trials, too sensitive to slights, disappointments, and the manifold griefs that came upon him. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? For he does not say Jesus Christ simply in. fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, [and then] lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God ( 2 Timothy 3:3-4 ); The pleasuremania of the United States. shall suffer persecutionand will not decline it (Ga 5:11). Thus he looks not to the coming of the Lord to receive him to Himself, but to the "appearing of the Lord," which is the usual side of the truth taken in these epistles. In the last days perilous times will come: The word translated perilous has the idea of troubles, difficulty, and stressful situations. Had the Lord Jesus not sent him? He returned after the first missionary journey to visit the Churches he had founded, "strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God" ( Acts 14:22). [1.] They just are irritated by your love and by your patience and by your goodness because they feel guilty. This is the right thing to do. Paul's life: one of faith. So you see, I'm not inerrant in all, but the scriptures are. Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Nowadays we have to restate these old pictures in modern terms. It can sometimes have the meaning of loyalty, or true religion. The promise of the Messiah, the details of the Messiah, they are all there. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? A whole collection of stories gathered round their names. Look at, of course, all of these other things that have come along as the result of it. We must remember that this was written just at the beginning of the years of persecution, when it was becoming a crime to be a Christian. ", Now when you have difficulty in your understanding of a scripture, rather than setting that aside and saying, Well, God really didn't say that; just say, hey, I really don't understand that yet. (See notes Matthew 5:10, 11, 12) There can come a time in a man's life when the company of good people and the presence of good things is simply an embarrassment. Such offence can and does happen yet. Thus we have everything cared for here; the state of confusion is clearly depicted, as it then was beginning, and as results have proved yet more. I'm just saying, Hey, I am stupid and I lack an understanding. When a man's language becomes filthy, obscene and crude, it shows that there's something wrong with him. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. "It denotes living in the right attitude to God and to things divine. In the midst of all, he is told to bring the cloak that he left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, but especially the parchments. You have no authority.So if I tell you that some scriptures are not really inspired of God, then I become the authority, not the Bible anymore, because you can't just read the whole Bible and trust it because not all of it is inspired. It is Paul's conviction that the real follower of Christ cannot escape persecution. And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. Things were so bad that Tacitus could say: "He who had no foe was betrayed by his friend." Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. It is not the question of discipline dealing With evil ways; but here we are in a state of things where we are in danger of being mixed up with vessels unto the Lord's dishonour. First and foremost he has an aim in life. It follows from this: (1) that they who make a profession of religion, should come prepared to be persecuted. But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: a. It may flourish for a time, but when it is exposed to the light of truth it is bound to shrivel and die. That is, it is not enough that I should walk with the Lord individually, but I must clear myself of association with that which is contrary to His name. The first is the moral character of the source or channel whence Timothy had derived what he knew. A. M. Chirgwin in The Bible in World Evangelism tells the story of a ward sister in a children's hospital in England. Don't expect the world to applaud when you speak out against evil. Look at the rapid deterioration of our society. She had never tried the Bible, for a friend had convinced her by subtle arguments that it could not be true. Whose will is to live, or who are bent on living. But you see, if you start whacking away at the story of Jonah, and say, oh, I can't really buy that. And then Jesus will come and establish God's righteous kingdom, but by then, those that will remain will be saying, Oh, God help us. Given the right conditions, such oppositions would be just as deadly as the great Roman persecutions. 2 Timothy 3:12 Commentaries: Indeed, all who desire to live godly in It seems to me, I confess, that if there were simplicity of faith, the Lord would give one eyes to see some at least that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics, 7: 2) defined the alazon ( G213) as "the man who pretends to creditable qualities that he does not possess, or possesses in a lesser degree than he makes out." It is used in Matthew 8:28 to describe the two Gergesene demoniacs who met Jesus among the tombs. We don't have the time to devote to it this evening but I would suggest that you get a good Greek lexicon and do a word study on these particular Greek words that Paul uses to describe the attitudes and the actions of people in the last days. Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. There are those who shrink from helping on others in order to the work and doctrine of the Lord. I think we've gone just about as far as we can. Love of self is the basic sin, from which all others flow. The Jehovah Witnesses seeking to develop their doctrine concerning hell and that it is a place of oblivion, no consciousness, no awareness. That's not the kind of promises we really enjoy, is it? Let us look at them one by one. This again has stumbled the minds of men. And so Paul said to Timothy, "You have fully known". Now you get out your, you know, your green and blue pens and for the inspired ones, we'll underline those with blue and we'll use red, maybe, to underline those that are not inspired, you know and, and so here I am, I'm the authority.Well, the next liberal comes along and he says, Well, no, no, no, he was wrong on that one. They will follow after their own wicked devices. And as we pointed out, the danger always of saying some scriptures, not all scriptures, is the loss of authority. Rather he must "labour before he partake of the fruits." Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. i. Perilous Times 2 Timothy 3:1. As I read the things that are happening in our modern-cultured Orange County, as I read the reports from the social department on the child abuse, I just shake my head in disbelief because a person could not possibly do these things unless they were without natural affection. How are we to walk so as to please the Lord when disorder reigns, claiming to be the only true order? They were violent and dangerous. Therefore, isolation is never desirable, though it may be sometimes necessary. We usually try to avoid it on Friday evening if we can, but sometimes our schedules are such that we just don't have time to. The technique would be the same in the days of Timothy as it was in the later days of Irenaeus. 2 Timothy 3:12-13 Commentary | Precept Austin What does 2 Timothy 3:13 mean? When our Lord was pleased to take upon himself the form of a servant, and to go about preaching the kingdom of God; he took all opportunities in public, and more especially in private, to caution his disciples against . Titus, we know, did so; but God took care that it should never be positively stated about Timothy. The moment a man makes his own will the centre of life, divine and human relationships are destroyed, obedience to God and charity to men both become impossible. How many people who have stood before God and have pledged for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until death do us part; and yet again, the high divorce rate. The reason is obvious. So God's word, scripture given for inspiration, by the inspiration of God and is profitable.Of course, this morning we pointed out that the inspiration of the Bible is proved by internal evidences, such as its total accuracy with known facts of science, when it happened to cover scientific subjects. The more the person who lives godly and righteous in Christ stands out. Thou hast fully known my afflictions. It is derived from two Greek words which mean to show oneself above. The way of sin is down-hill; for such proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. [ See verse text ] Persecution against godly people is to be expected in this world; it's one of the few constants in life (2 Timothy 3:12). It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it. of Storge is the word used especially of family love, the love of child for parent and parent for child. In simple fairness, no man seeking for the truth has any right to neglect the reading of the Bible. All you can say is that they are "without natural affection".God has put in our heart a certain natural love as a parent for a child. It's instructing you on the right kind of life. When we know the afflictions of good people but in part, they are a temptation to us to decline that cause which they suffer for; when we know only the hardships they undergo for Christ, we may be ready to say, "We will renounce that cause that is likely to cost us so dear in the owning of it;" but when we fully know the afflictions, not only how they suffer, but how they are supported and comforted under their sufferings, then, instead of being discouraged, we shall be animated by them, especially considering that we are told before that we must count upon such things (2 Timothy 3:12; 2 Timothy 3:12): All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution: not always alike; at that time those who professed the faith of Christ were more exposed to persecution than at other times; but at all times, more or less, those who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. The word here is makrothumia ( G3115) ; and makrothumia, as the Greeks used it, usually meant patience with people. What a blessing. There was a state of things coming when it would be impossible to have local charges chosen according to the full sanction which they had in apostolic days. (2 Timothy 2:1.) "She then makes the effort to reward Marcus, not only by the gift of her possessions (in which way he has collected a very large fortune), but also by yielding up to him her person, desiring in every way to be united to him, that she may become altogether one with him." It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it. 2 Timothy 3:12 in Other Translations - Bible Study Tools If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? Certain of the temporary persecution, he is equally certain of the ultimate glory. Is it knowledge, or is it life, that we are trying to transmit? She doesn't have the time to prepare the meal on Friday evening and we'll go out on Friday night. All that will live godly So opposite to the spirit and practice of the world is the whole of Christianity, that he who gives himself entirely up to God, making the Holy Scriptures the rule of his words and actions, will be less or more reviled and persecuted. Questions are before him more serious than a maintenance of order. There is no part of John's doctrine more strikingly characteristic than life in Christ. Lipscomb's Commentary on Selected NT Books, Verse 12. For "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" ( Matthew 12:34 ). Socrates skid that they were to be found in every walk of life but were worst of all in politics. So he's referring to the Old Testament Scriptures, those which Timothy knew from the child and he called them the "holy scriptures," which they are, "and they are able to make you wise unto salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus."

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