2 Timothy 3:6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Warnings and Exhortations Regarding the Last Days1-9. In the days immediately preceding the Second Coming, the Lord had taught that iniquity would abound. St. Paul reminds Timothy of this truth as a warning to him, for when those days would come neither he nor any one on earth knew; they might be close at hand, and the existing wickedness might be the commencement of the final iniquity. The depravity then would be terrible, and already in its degree it existed, and must be resisted.1. In the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Timothy 3:6

(6) For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women.—The corrupting influence of these hypocritical professors of the religion of Jesus must have been already great, and the danger to all real vital godliness in Ephesus imminent, for Paul here specifies one of the most—perhaps the most—successful work of these toilers for Satan: the power they were acquiring over women. As we shall see, these unhappy men busied themselves in securing popularity among the female... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

2 Timothy 3:2 Ingratitude is always a form of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful. Goethe. The Use and Abuse of Pleasure 2 Timothy 3:4 I suppose we should say, taking a general view of humanity, that while man has to work, and work is essential, man also needs pleasure and recreation. But then this recreation or pleasure will depend very much upon two things for its beneficent results: first, the kind of pleasure, and secondly, the degree in which we indulge in it. We... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

III. THE LAST DAYS AND THEIR PERILS CHAPTER 3 1. The characteristics of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-7 ) 2. What the last days mean for the true believer (2 Timothy 3:8-13 ) 3. The need of the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:14-17 ) 2 Timothy 3:1-7 Little comment is needed on these words. They are a prophecy. The apostle by the Spirit of God reveals what shall come in the last days. It is a description of the moral qualities in the vast number of professing Christians of the last days, “who have... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

When Paul wrote this to Timothy, "the last days" had not yet come, so it is evident that the epistle is not written strictly for Timothy personally, but for every individual believer who would follow him. "The last days" here also go beyond "the latter times" mentioned in1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:1; but there can be no doubt that the last days are present with us now. The expression "perilous times" is more rightly rendered "difficult times," and is defined in Vine's Dictionary as indicating... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

A TEACHER OF TEACHERS The instruction may be divided into three parts. 1. He is instructed concerning his duty as a teacher of teachers (2 Timothy 2:2 ), but in that connection is again exhorted to firmness, or rather to strength and “hardness,” which are practically the same (2 Timothy 2:1 and 2 Timothy 2:3 ). What figure of speech does Paul use to illuminate his theme? What particular lesson would be drawn from it (2 Timothy 2:4 )? What second figure does he use at 2 Timothy 2:5 ? Here is... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Paul's Last Letter 2 Timothy 1-4 "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; when I... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

(1) ¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (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... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:6

Of this sort, &c. Here St. Paul gives a true description of heretics, and evil men; such as they have existed in every age. For there never existed a time, either under the Old or New Testaments, in which such have not appeared. Even in the apostle's time, we behold heresies and disorders in the Church. We see them increase rapidly after their decease. Simon, the magician, seems to have been dead when St. Paul wrote this epistle, which was but a short time before his martyrdom. But he had... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

1-9 Even in gospel times there would be perilous times; on account of persecution from without, still more on account of corruptions within. Men love to gratify their own lusts, more than to please God and do their duty. When every man is eager for what he can get, and anxious to keep what he has, this makes men dangerous to one another. When men do not fear God, they will not regard man. When children are disobedient to their parents, that makes the times perilous. Men are unholy and without... read more

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