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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.

Context of 2 Timothy 3:2

1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• lovers of their own selvesφίλαυτοςphilautos · selfishG5367
• covetousφιλάργυροςphilarguros · money-lovingG5366
• boastersἀλαζώνalazōn · braggartG213
• proudὑπερήφανοςhuperēphanos · arrogantG5244
• blasphemersβλάσφημοςblasphēmos · blasphemousG989
• disobedientἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
• to parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• unthankfulἀχάριστοςacharistos · ungratefulG884
• unholyἀνόσιοςanosios · unholyG462

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:2

• 2 Timothy 3:4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
• Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
• 2 Corinthians 5:15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
• Philippians 2:21For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
• James 2:8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
• Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
• Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
• Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
• Revelation 18:12cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
• Psalms 10:3He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
• Psalms 49:6those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
• Isaiah 10:15Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
• Acts 5:36Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all 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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• Inspiration
• Reprobate
• Unholy
• Wise
• Worse
• Boast

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