2 Timothy 3:2-5 KJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:2

For men shall be - The description in this and the following verses the Papists apply to the Protestants; the Protestants in their turn apply it to the Papists; Schoettgen to the Jews; and others to heretics in general. There have been both teachers and people in every age of the Church, and in every age of the world, to whom these words may be most legitimately applied. Both Catholics and Protestants have been lovers of their own selves, etc.; but it is probable that the apostle had some... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:3

Without natural affection - Αστοργοι· Without that affection which parents bear to their young, and which the young bear to their parents. An affection which is common to every class of animals; consequently, men without it are worse than brutes. Truce-breakers - Ασπονδοι· From α , negative, and σπονδη , a libation, because in making treaties libations both of blood and wine were poured out. The word means those who are bound by no promise, held by no engagement, obliged by no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:4

Traitors - Προδοται· From προ , before, and διδωμι , to deliver up. Those who deliver up to an enemy the person who has put his life in their hands; such as the Scots of 1648, who delivered up into the hands of his enemies their unfortunate countryman and king, Charles the First; a stain which no lapse of ages can wipe out. Heady - Προπετεις· From προ , forwards, and πιπτω , to fall; headstrong, precipitate, rash, inconsiderate. High-minded - Τετυφωμενοι· From τυφος ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:5

Having a form of godliness - The original word μορφωσις signifies a draught, sketch, or summary, and will apply well to those who have all their religion in their creed, confession of faith, catechism, bodies of divinity, etc., while destitute of the life of God in their souls; and are not only destitute of this life, but deny that such life or power is here to be experienced or known. They have religion in their creed, but none in their hearts. And perhaps to their summary they add a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:2

Verse 2 2For men will be It is proper to remark, first, in what he makes the hardship of those “dangerous” or “troublesome” times to consist; not in war, nor in famine, nor in diseases, nor in any calamities or inconveniences to which the body is incident, but in the wicked and depraved actions of men. And, indeed, nothing is so distressingly painful to godly men, and to those who truly fear God, as to behold such corruptions of morals; for, as there is nothing which they value more highly than... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:5

Verse 5 5From those turn away. This exhortation sufficiently shows that Paul does not speak of a distant posterity, nor foretell what would happen many ages afterwards; but that, by pointing out present evils, he applies to his own age what he had said about “the last times;” for how could Timothy “turn away” from those who were not to arise till many centuries afterwards? So then, from the very beginning of the gospel, the Church must have begun to be affected by such corruptions. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Holy Scripture the strength of the man of God. There is marvellous force in the application to the Christian bishop and evangelist of the title THE MAN OF God When we remember the course of faithful and untiring labour, and patient unflinching suffering, which was run by those to whom alone this title was given in the Old Testament—Moses and Samuel and Elijah, and other prophets of God—we feel at once that the application of this title to the ministers of Christ under the New... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Grievous times. "But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come." They were in the first days of the Christian era; the times foretold were to be in the last days of that era. There is an intended indefiniteness about the days; nothing is said about their commencement, or about the period over which they are to extend. They are to embrace distinct times, but all characterized by grievousness. From what follows we may infer that the grievousness of the times will consist in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:2

Self for their own selves , A.V.; lovers of money for covetous , A.V.; boastful for boasters , A.V.; haughty for proud , A.V.; railers for blasphemers , A.V. Men ( οἱἄνθρωποι ); men in general, the bulk of men in the Church; for he is speaking, not of the world at large, but of professing Christians. Lovers of self ( φίλαυτοι ); only here in the New Testament, and not found in the LXX .; but used by Aristotle in a striking passage (quoted by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:2-5

Characteristics of the apostasy. The doctrinal degeneracy is marked by a widespread moral decay. The apostle, after his usual manner, groups the characters into classes for more distinct consideration. I. THE SELFISH CLASS . "For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money." Selfishness heads the dreary list. It is regarded by many theologians as the root principle of all sin. As the opposite of love, however, is not selfishness, but hatred, this position cannot be maintained.... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:2-5

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