New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Timothy 3:4
2 Timothy 3:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
- New International Version (NIV)treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
- English Standard Version (ESV)treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- New King James Version (NKJV)traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Context of 2 Timothy 3:4
2For 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, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
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προδόται, προπετεῖς, τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδονοι μᾶλλον ἢ φιλόθεοι,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:4
- 2 Peter 2:10and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
- Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
- Romans 11:20Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
- Romans 16:18For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
- Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,
- 1 Timothy 5:6But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.
- 2 Peter 2:13suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,
- Jude 1:4For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Traitors - · From , before, and , 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 - · From , forwards, and , to fall; headstrong, precipitate, rash, inconsiderate. High-minded - · From , smoke; the frivolously aspiring; those…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Traitors - This word is used in the New Testament only here and in Luke 6:16; Acts 7:52. It means any one who betrays - whether it be a friend or his country. Treason has been in all ages regarded as one of the worst crimes that man can commit. Heady - The same word in Acts 19:36, is rendered rashly. It occurs only there and in this place in the New Testament. It properly means “falling forwards; prone, inclined, ready to do anything; then precipitate…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. 44. heady--precipitate in action and in passion. high-minded--literally, "puffed up" with pride, as with smoke blinding them. lovers of pleasure ... God--Love of pleasure destroys the love and sense of God.Read the comment
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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
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