2 Timothy 3:1

2 Timothy 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
• New International Version (NIV)But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:

Context of 2 Timothy 3:1

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

2 Timothy 3:1 word by word

Τοῦτο δὲ γίνωσκε, ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐνστήσονται καιροὶ χαλεποί.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• alsoδέde · thenG1161
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• perilousχαλεπόςchalepos · harshG5467
• timesκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• shall comeἐνίστημιenistēmi · be presentG1764

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:1

• 2 Timothy 4:3For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.
• Genesis 49:1Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.
• Isaiah 2:2In the future the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
• Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.
• Daniel 10:14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”
• Hosea 3:5Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
• Micah 4:1In the future the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
• 2 Peter 3:3Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
• 1 John 2:18Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.
• Jude 1:17But you, dear friends – recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Daniel 7:8“As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
• Daniel 8:8The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky.
• Daniel 11:36“Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1In the last days - This often means the days of the Messiah, and is sometimes extended in its signification to the destruction of Jerusalem, as this was properly the last days of the Jewish state. But the phrase may mean any future time, whether near or distant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1This know also - The “object” of this reference to the perilous times which were to occur, was evidently to show the necessity of using every precaution to preserve the purity of the church, from the fact that such sad scenes were to open upon it. The apostle had dwelt upon this subject in his First Epistle to Timothy 1 Timothy 4:1 note, and Hebrews 1:2 note. Perilous times shall come - Times of danger, of persecution, and of trial. On the general meaning…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The apostle foretells the rise of dangerous enemies to the gospel. (1-9) Proposes his own example to Timothy. (10-13) And exhorts him to continue in the doctrine he had learned from the Holy Scriptures. (14-17) Verses 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…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. 1-172Ti 3:1-17. Coming Evil Days: Signs of Evil Already: Contrast in the Doctrine and Life of Paul, Which Timothy Should Follow in Accordance with His Early Training in Scripture. 1. also--Greek, "but." last days--preceding Christ's second coming (2Pe 3:3; Jude 18). "The latter times," 1Ti 4:1, refer to a period not so remote as "the last days," namely, the long days of papal and Greek anti-Christianity. perilous--literally, "difficult times," in which it is…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 3:1

• Apostasy
• Citizens
• Formalism
• Minister, Christian

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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