2 Timothy 3
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 4
Chapter Summary
6 He describes the enemies of the truth, 16 and commends the Holy Scriptures.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
Recalls his doctrine, conduct, and the persecutions he bore at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra [3:10-11]
Charged to continue in what he learned and the Holy Scriptures known from a babe [3:14-15]
Named as one who withstood Moses, a type of those who resist the truth [3:8]
Paired with Jannes in withstanding Moses, illustrating corrupted, worthless minds [3:8]
The servant of God whom Jannes and Jambres withstood, recalled as historical parallel [3:8]
Timeline
Paul warns that grievous times will come in the last days. Men will be lovers of themselves, money-lovers, arrogant, blasphemers, without natural affections, savage, having a form of godliness but denying its power.
2 Timothy 3:1-5Among the ungodly are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women heaped with sins, led by various lusts, always learning but never able to come to full knowledge of truth.
2 Timothy 3:6-7As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these withstand the truth — men corrupted in mind and worthless concerning the faith. But their foolishness will become plain to all.
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