2 Timothy 3:2

2 Timothy 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
• New International Version (NIV)People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Context of 2 Timothy 3:2

1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

2 Timothy 3:2 word by word

ἔσονται γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι φίλαυτοι, φιλάργυροι, ἀλαζόνες, ὑπερήφανοι, βλάσφημοι, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς, ἀχάριστοι, ἀνόσιοι,Read the interlinear

• For menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• loversφίλαυτοςphilautos · selfishG5367
• loversφιλάργυροςphilarguros · money-lovingG5366
• boastfulἀλαζώνalazōn · braggartG213
• revilersβλάσφημοςblasphēmos · blasphemousG989
• disobedientἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
• to parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• ungratefulἀχάριστοςacharistos · ungratefulG884
• unholyἀνόσιοςanosios · unholyG462

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:2

• 2 Timothy 3:4treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
• Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.
• 2 Corinthians 5:15and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.
• Philippians 2:21For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
• James 2:8If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
• Luke 12:15Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
• Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
• Colossians 3:5Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
• 2 Peter 2:3and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
• Revelation 18:12cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,
• Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
• Psalms 49:6Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
• Isaiah 10:15Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.
• Acts 5:36For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves - It shall be one of the characteristics of those times that men shall be eminently selfish - evidently under the garb of religion; 2 Timothy 3:5. The word here used - ́ philautos- does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It means a lover of oneself, “selfish.” Such a love of self as to lead us to secure our salvation, is proper. But this interferes with the rights and happiness of no other persons. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Paul explains how people will behave in the last days, which had already started (see also 1 Timothy 4:1–5; 2 Peter 2:1–22; 3:3; Jude 1:18; 2 Timothy 3:5, 6–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. men--in the professing Church. Compare the catalogue, Ro 1:29, &c., where much the same sins are attributed to heathen men; it shall be a relapse into virtual heathendom, with all its beast-like propensities, whence the symbol of it is "a beast" (Re 13:1, 11, 12, &c.; 17:3, 8, 11). covetous--Translate, "money-loving," a distinct Greek word from that for "covetous" (see on Col 3:5). The cognate Greek substantive (1Ti 6:10) is so translated, "the love of…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 3:2

• Apostasy
• Blasphemy
• Character
• Children
• Citizens
• Commandments
• Covetousness
• Fellowship
• Formalism
• Ingratitude
• Minister, Christian
• Persecution
• Pride
• Selfishness
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings