2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Timothy 3:1-2

2 Timothy 3:1-2. The apostle, at the close of the preceding chapter, having intimated to Timothy that false teachers did and would arise in the church, he, in the beginning of this chapter, foretels that in future times, through the pernicious influence of corrupt doctrines propagated by these teachers, many professing Christians, and, among the rest, the false teachers themselves, would become so wicked, that it would become dangerous to the truly pious to live among them. As if he had said,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Warning of worse to come (3:1-9)Timothy may be surprised that such evil should appear within the community of God’s people. Paul warns him that worse is to follow. When people try to keep the outward form of religion but reject its inner power, the evil within them soon shows itself in their words and actions. The more they please themselves and reject God, the more wrong they do (3:1-5).By cunning and deceit, people who call themselves Christians will gain entrance into private homes, where... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Timothy 3:1

know . App-132 . in. Greek. en . App-104 . last days . See Acts 2:17 . perilou s = hard, difficult, grievous. Greek. chelepos, Only here and Matthew 8:28 . times = seasons. App-196 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1

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 sin, and antichrist, see excursus at end of 2 Thessalonians 2.But know this, that in the last days grievous times... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1

2 Timothy 3:1. This know also,— What follows is thought by some to contain part of the prophesy concerning the grand apostacy which was to happen in the latter times. If we keep our eye too closely upon the place, and consider what is here said alone, and without comparing it with what St. Paul had said and written to Timothy before, we shall perhaps doubt whether this refers to any other time than that in which the apostle wrote; or, at the furthest, to the time which was immediately to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1

1. also—Greek, "but." last days—preceding Christ's second coming (2 Peter 3:3; Judges 1:18). "The latter times," 1 Timothy 4:1, refer to a period not so remote as "the last days," namely, the long days of papal and Greek anti-Christianity. perilous—literally, "difficult times," in which it is difficult to know what is to be done: "grievous times." shall come—Greek, "shall be imminent"; "shall come unexpectedly" [BENGEL]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1

Paul had given Timothy some instruction concerning the apostasy of the last days in his first epistle (1 Timothy 4:1-3). Now he gave much more. The "last days" refers to the days preceding the Lord’s return for His own (i.e., the Rapture). [Note: Kelly, p. 193; Earle, p. 406.] They are "last" not because they are few but because they are the final days of the present age. In another sense the entire inter-advent age constitutes the last days (cf. Hebrews 1:2). [Note: Lea, p. 223.] Timothy was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1-7

1. Evidences of faithlessness 3:1-7 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1-8

IV. DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE LAST DAYS 3:1-4:8Paul anticipated dark days ahead for the church. He listed several characteristics of this time, clarified the most important conduct in it, and explained his own role to prepare Timothy and all his readers for what lay ahead. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Timothy 3:1-13

A. Characteristics of the last days 3:1-13Paul instructed Timothy concerning what God had revealed would take place in the last days. He did so to help him realize that he faced no unknown situation in Ephesus and to enable him to combat it intelligently. read more

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