"[21] See also under 1Thessalonians 3:3. He knew that he had suffered ill for doing well (2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:11): "Thou hast fully known the persecutions and afflictions that came unto me" (he mentions those only which happened to him while Timothy was with him, at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra); "and therefore let it be no surprise to thee if thou suffer hard things, it is no more than I have endured before." (2) they who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. What use it will be of to us. Christ's apostles had no enemies but those who did not know them, or not know them fully; those who knew them best loved and honoured them the most. Love of self is the basic sin, from with all others flow. I think the next major event, Revelation 4:1 . They had been long accustomed to the truth, and alas! Look at, of course, all of these other things that have come along as the result of it. And they shall be dispersed among the Gentiles. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Many and many a time we would be saved from hurting ourselves and from wounding other people, if we would only stop to think. So the Greek word that is used here to describe these that are going around, leading captive the silly women, is the same Greek word that was used to describe quackery, and that's probably they're quacks, Paul is saying. By this general statement, therefore, Paul classes himself with the children of God, and, at the same time, exhorts all the children of God to prepare for enduring persecutions; for, if this condition is laid down for all who wish to live a godly life in Christ, they who wish to be exempt from persecutions must necessarily renounce Christ. Introduction; 2 Timothy 1 Commentary; That is why the church which has no Bible Class is a church in whose work an essential element is missing. Then the apostle puts before them a blessed model of that which he had before his own soul. It is used in Plutarch to describe what we would call an ugly wound. Parakolouthein ( G3877) is indeed the word for the disciple, for it includes the unwavering loyalty of the true comrade, the full understanding of the true scholar and the complete obedience of the dedicated servant. It was not merely now that they had made their consciences bad and slipped away from faith. It is used by ancient writers on astrology to describe what we would call a threatening conjunction of the heavenly bodies. Look at the rapid deterioration of our society. In short, let us know that we are Christians on this condition, that we shall be liable to many tribulations and various contests. Let us look at them one by one. And I filed many scriptures in that file. Good to have pleasure but don't make it your God. THE EXPERIENCES OF AN APOSTLE ( 2 Timothy 3:10-13 continued). Timothy needed to realize, as all Christians do, especially those to whom "prosperity theology" appeals, that when a person determines to live a godly life he or she will suffer persecution. Again he said, "Lo, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God" ( Hebrews 10:7 ). The word of God is the foundation for doctrine. The alazon ( G213) was a mountebank who wandered the country with medicines and spells and methods of exorcism which, he claimed, were panaceas for all diseases. There was no despising natural links or spiritual here, far from it. The promise of the Messiah, the details of the Messiah, they are all there. "Reprobate concerning the faith.". He is the man whom God resists, for it is repeatedly said in scripture, that God receives the humble but resists the man who is proud, huperephanos ( G5244) ( James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 3:24). And Paul said, You've known the Holy Scriptures, able to bring you to a faith in Jesus Christ, salvation through the faith in Jesus Christ. All who will show their religion in their conversation, who will not only be godly, but live godly, let them expect persecution, especially when they are resolute in it. But let not a man who will do this, suppose that he has any claim to be numbered among the martyrs, or even entitled to the Christian name. 3:10-13 The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ, as taught by the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it. But now before his heart just as in principle before the dying Lord Himself, wonderful to say two things come together: a deeper sense of what is in God, as revealed in Christ Himself, before there was any creation at all; and on the other hand so much the deeper sense also of what could be owned in nature. The kind of guys that went around selling snake oil or cure-alls, deceiving, defrauding people. No matter what the reasons or excuses for joining with them, "turn away.". No man can teach what he does not know, and therefore before a man can teach Christ to others he must know him himself. In 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. A great many certainly flatter themselves that they are thus favoured; but the cases are uncommon where it is more than pretence. There is the idea of menace and of danger in this word. Paul suffered as he taught: a single eye to Christ and His grace made him consistent. It denotes a savagery which has neither sensitiveness nor sympathy. Now it is interesting that as Paul is referring to the Scriptures here, he is, of course, referring to the Old Testament Scriptures. He is sure that the ungodly man will go from bad to worse and that there is literally no future for the man who refuses to accept the way of God. All that will live godly So opposite to the spirit and practice of the world is the whole of Christianity, that he who gives himself entirely up to God, making the Holy Scriptures the rule of his words and actions, will be less or more reviled and persecuted. First and foremost he has an aim in life. The Greek moralists wrote much about this word. If anyone proposes to introduce into his life a loyalty which surpasses all earthly loyalties, there are bound to be clashes. Perverse Men 2 Timothy 3:2-4 . Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3 - NIV Bible - But mark this: There will be terrible times 2 Timothy 3:12 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary - Bible Study Tools Look at our attitudes towards morality. It is a duty in the present state of confusion to use scriptural means; and here we have our warrant, as in the epistles we find more. He blames the Jews who searched them, because they failed to learn the lesson which they were intended to convey. After considering his own life, Paul speaks of others desiring to live godly lives as he has done, a life of piety toward God that will always be opposed by the world. 2 Timothy 3:12 Context. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1975. It was thus Paul treated the proud reasonings and speculations of man; withal briefly touching on those that had gone entirely astray Hymenaeus and Philetus. When Carlyle's father was discussing the kind of minister his parish needed, he said: "What this parish needs is a man who knows Christ other than at secondhand." And indeed the world easily wears that mask of religion which depends on itself; but the piety which flourishes directly from, is very hateful, as it was to the old Jews, so to the modern Christians, who are without any token of good, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. But no man ought to separate himself from the children of God, unless it be a dire necessity for the Lord; it is clearly not according to Christ. godly, Godfearingly. The Christian life does not consist only in knowing something; it consists even more in being something. But let him not infer, "therefore," that he is to be enrolled among the martyrs, and that he is certainly a real Christian. But you see, if you start whacking away at the story of Jonah, and say, oh, I can't really buy that. Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man" ( Luke 17:26 ). The Holy Spirit would make it to be most practical and precious. "The cloke," then says he, "that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books," not only the clothing, but even that which he is to read, "especially the parchments;" what he was going to write on, probably. Those who deceive others do but deceive themselves; those who draw others into error run themselves into more and more mistakes, and they will find it so at last, to their cost. Well soon your Bible will be so messed up you wouldn't be able to read it. There is no godliness (Greek, "piously") or piety out of Christ. Nothing can sanction this. If the Lord doesn't come soon, we're going to destroy ourselves as we just sink in the filth. There is love. There is no occasion for the writings of the philosopher, nor for rabbinical fables, nor popish legends, nor unwritten traditions, to make us perfect men of God, since the scripture answers all these ends and purposes. But God prepares the instruments through which He works and the most important preparation is through the Word of God. I think we've gone just about as far as we can. To many a man and woman has a little bit of dress done no small injury, just because they think it is too little for the Spirit of God to direct them in. Xenophon in the Memorabilia tells how Socrates utterly condemned such impostors. They're profitable. Practical Bible study on 2 Timothy 1. human nature began to show itself out in indifference. Rather they are minimum requirements that otherwise suitable people must fulfil if the church is to recognize them as elders or deacons. What does 2 Timothy 3:13 mean? | BibleRef.com Paul refers to his own experiences to illustrate the truth that the person who whole-heartedly follows God must expect persecution. 3:10-13 But you have been my disciple in my teaching, my training, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, my persecutions, my sufferings, in what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, in the persecutions which I underwent; and the Lord rescued me from them all. Irenaeus draws a vivid picture of the methods of just such a teacher in his day. Timothy's job, for the sake of the future, involves more preservation than innovation. These things may be expected in the best times, and under the most favorable circumstances; and it is known that a large part of the history of the world, in its relation to the church, is nothing more than a history of persecution. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. When we are tempted to do so, we should hear again the voice of our blessed Lord saying on the Cross: "Father, forgive them.". Love of self is the basic sin, from which all others flow. Now this is not given to us in the Scriptures but there are other, what are known as apocryphal books, in which these two fellows are named. What a blessing. Includes questions, verse by verse commentary, and applications on 2 Timothy 1 for life transformation. In 2 Timothy 3:13 he meant that evil becomes more intensive as time goes on. No man is saved unless he is on fire to save his fellow-men. by George Whitefield. Noah escaped? He is now looking at the state of disorder in the house of God, instead of contemplating it in its public integrity, as in the first epistle. 2 Timothy 3 - But understand this, that in the last days there will He was driven from Antioch in Pisidia ( Acts 13:50); he had to flee from Iconium to avoid lynching ( Acts 14:5-6); in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead ( Acts 14:19). . It is easy for a professed Christian to avoid persecution, if he yields every point in which religion is opposed to the world. Difficult is the Greek word chalepos ( G5467) . Only Luke is with me." Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. In 2 Timothy 3:9 he meant that the teaching of evil does not necessarily become more extensive and capture a wider audience as evil becomes worse. The devil is the patron saint of all slanderers and of all slanderers he is chief. He said that one isn't inspired; obviously inspired. Don't expect the world to applaud when you speak out against evil. fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, [and then] lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God ( 2 Timothy 3:3-4 ); The pleasuremania of the United States. When Job was talking to his friends and they were talking to him about the future, and Job said, Oh, I wish I were dead. And so Paul, you know, how I've lived; my faith, my longsuffering, my love, my patience, and the persecutions and afflictions that came to me. There will always be those who have their own twisted ideas of the Christian faith, and who wish to win others to their mistaken beliefs. Persecution and hardships will come, but of two things Paul is sure. We live in a fallen world with a spiritual enemy who prowls around as a roaring lion or appears to us as an angel of light seeking to devour, destroy, or deceive us.Jesus clearly told us that in this world, those who believe in Him would suffer persecution and pain, and Paul expands that truth by adding that all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (1) To exhort Timothy in his ministry at Ephesus; (2) To warn Timothy of trouble both inside and outside the church; (3) To request Timothy to come to Rome to visit him in prison and bring certain personal effects to him (4:5-13; 21); and (4) To instruct all the churches in Timothy's territory. And they were able to imitate the workings of God up to a point and then they came to the place where they were backed down by Moses, but "men of corrupt minds, they are reprobate concerning the faith. They should remember that, in this respect, they are treated as the Master was, and are in the goodly company of the prophets, apostles, and martyrs; for they were all persecuted. But I can't believe what I see in some of these restaurants over here in the Irvine industrial business center. Why not baptize at once every soul around? The scriptures we are to know are the holy scriptures; they come from the holy God, were delivered by holy men, contain holy precepts, treat of holy things, and were designed to make us holy and to lead us in the way of holiness to happiness; being called the holy scriptures, they are by this distinguished from profane writings of all sorts, and from those that only treat morality, and common justice and honesty, but do not meddle with holiness. Men will be disobedient to their parents. THE VALUE OF SCRIPTURE ( 2 Timothy 3:14-17 ). The same Spirit that breathed reason into us breathes revelation among us: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men spoke as they were moved or carried forth by the Holy Ghost,2 Peter 1:21. Story of Jonah has provoked a lot of problems for people, only because of their concept of God. We must remember that they were Gnostics and that the basic principle of Gnosticism was that spirit was altogether good and matter altogether evil. The emphasis of so many people is just on being beautiful, lovers of themselves. The Kingdom had its price. Accordingly, there is a depth of feeling that one may safely say far exceeds the first epistle, although it had shown so much tenderness and care both for Timothy and the faithful of those days. We must note that Paul here makes a distinction. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain . Paul met him on his first missionary journey. But we must exclude that which is contrary to His name; and the very same desire to prove one's love, one's faith, one's appreciation of Christ, will make one anxious not to be dragged into that which is not for His glory. 2 Timothy 3:12-17 - Bible Gateway Those ministers are likely to do good, and leave lasting fruits of their labours, whose manner of life agrees with their doctrine; as, on the contrary, those cannot expect to profit the people at all that preach well and live ill. 3. Deliberately he lit it. "Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. There was the road from the south which centred the trade of the Maeander valley in Ephesus. I am reminded of the prophet of God who spoke concerning Israel, and he said, "They have sown the wind, and now they must reap the whirlwind" ( Hosea 8:7 ). 1 Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God according to c the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,. The fact is that God loves to make His children mutually dependent; and if we are only humble, there are very few saints from whom we may not derive some good, though not always in the same way. That will = Who will live ( ) to desire, to want to, to wish. We must remember that this was written just at the beginning of the years of persecution, when it was becoming a crime to be a Christian. Others must do that kind of work in future. We have already seen how secluded the life of the respectable Greek woman was, how she was brought up under the strictest supervision, how she was not allowed "to see anything, to hear anything, or to ask any questions," how she never appeared, even on a shopping expedition, alone on the streets, how she was never allowed even to appear at a public meeting. For example, "37-1-2459" means the reference is on page 37, is in column 1, and is word number 2459.). but they deny the power thereof: [Paul said to Timothy] from such turn away. He says that in them difficult times would set in. He would not have him to be spreading doubtful opinions; but what he had heard from the apostle himself he need not scruple to give out freely. The task of the apostle is not only to tell men the truth; it is also to help them do it. "Perilous times shall come." Therefore, isolation is never desirable, though it may be sometimes necessary. 2 Timothy 3:12 New International Version 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, Read full chapter 2 Timothy 3:12 in all English translations 2 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 4 New International Version (NIV) Let me remark, that there are comparatively few indeed that receive truth without help of others directly from God. For "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" ( Matthew 12:34 ). (2.) Of course it was infinitely higher, it is needless to say, in the Master; but the servant was as closely as possible following in His steps. But after giving the characteristics and traits of the godly man, Jesus then in the final Beatitudes said, "Blessed are ye, when men shall persecute you, and revile you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake" ( Matthew 5:11 ). They still, you know, pay their respects. The absence of persecution, in any active sense, from the lives of most Christians of this era is generally due to the watered-down version of their Christianity and not to any subsidence of the savage hatred of the darkness for the light. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1930. We should be asking: what, if any, is the unifying purpose which binds all this activity together? Verse of the Day , 2 Timothy 3:12 Treasury of Scripture Knowing, God, My Praise (Study In God - All I Need-19). 2 Timothy 1 Bible Study Commentary And Questions There would be two ways in which these heretics in the days of Timothy could exert an evil influence. But continue thou in the things which you have learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus ( 2 Timothy 3:14-15 ). Again, it is startling. What we have learned we must labour to be more and more assured of, that, being grounded in the truth, we may be guarded against error, for certainty in religion is of great importance and advantage: Knowing, (1.) It can sometimes have the meaning of loyalty, or true religion. In the Old Testament they are not named, but they are referred to in Exodus 7:11; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 9:11. "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." Abandoned by virtually all of those close to him for fear of persecution (cf. It begets disregard of God, thinking that it does not need him and that it knows better than he. Everything today is, you know, for the body beautiful. In either case home and family life were destroyed. Thank You that Your grace is sufficient for any attack that the evil enemy of my soul can throw at me, and that nothing can ever separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. The cause of the perilous times are found in the things that people will be doing, and at the top of the list. [4.] There were those who would revenge themselves on an enemy by informing against him. Men will be savage. As teachers we should sometimes ask ourselves: what am I trying to do with these people whom I teach? Men can be savage in rebuke and savage in pitiless action. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. The word we have translated to be a disciple includes so much that is beyond translation in any single English word. He says: "Open thy mouth, speak whatsoever occurs to thee, and thou shalt prophesy." And my full doctrinal concepts are premised upon the scriptures. Titus, we know, did so; but God took care that it should never be positively stated about Timothy. 2 Timothy 3 Commentary; 2 Timothy 4 Commentary; HENRY ALFORD 2 TIMOTHY COMMENTARY The Greek Testament. Matthew 10:22-23; Luke 21:12; John 15:20; Acts 14:22; 1 Thessalonians 3:4). (2) They who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. For all scripture is given by inspiration of God ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ), Not as some would lead you to believe, some scriptures are given by inspiration of God. Persons sometimes say it does not matter who taught; but God does not treat the matter so lightly. 4. More and more the Christian is a marked person because the more corrupt the world becomes, the more the Christian stands out. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I reply, it is not always in one way that Satan persecutes the servants of Christ. 2 Timothy 3:12 MEANING - kingjamesbibleonline.org Study Guide for 2 Timothy 3 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible The Greek for slanderer is diabolos ( G1228) which is precisely the English word devil. The disorder might be so great that we might make mistakes in our anxiety; but "The Lord knoweth them that are his." The study of the Scriptures must never be selfish, never simply for the good of a man's own soul. "To make thee wise to salvation through faith." It appears it was not merely in Rome. There is training. But yet it is absolutely unavoidable that all of them shall have the world for their enemy in some form or other, that their faith may be tried and their steadfastness proved; for Satan, who is the continual enemy of Christ, will never suffer any one to be at peace during his whole life; and there will always be wicked men that are thorns in our sides. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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