2 timothy 3:12 explained

God is right. i. Jewish thought had one basic conception. Now we see that when Paul was touching the confines of that difficult and most perilous moment when John was to be left alone, he brings out as his last note that very truth which John was to develop with special care and fulness. Perilous Times 2 Timothy 3:1. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. He went home and found the fire was out. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? The first is the moral character of the source or channel whence Timothy had derived what he knew. Now when Moses appeared before Pharaoh and he threw down his rod and it turned into a snake, you'll remember that Pharaoh's magicians threw down their rods and they also became snakes, but Moses' snake swallowed theirs. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Timothy Chapter 1 In other words, it's not going to get better for awhile. And when you lose authority you have anarchy. What use it will be of to us. It would not burn. Be assured, that if you do not bring the Spirit of God into these matters, perhaps your cloak, perhaps a book, will become a snare to you. He says: "Open thy mouth, speak whatsoever occurs to thee, and thou shalt prophesy." Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. God wants you to be complete. One day a visitor came to the ward and left a supply of gospels. Includes questions, verse by verse commentary, and applications on 2 Timothy 1 for life transformation. And as we go down the list, it's like reading the afternoon newspaper. Braggart has an interesting derivation. The best way to overcome and to banish the false is to live in such a way that the loveliness and the graciousness of the truth is plain for all to see. It is not a question here about elders, but what would abide all the same when elders could not be duly appointed. This statement does not contradict what Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:9. And the word perfect of course is always that of completeness. Man can do it but not God. (186) Et tous ceux aussi qui veulent vivre en la crainte de Dieu. And all those also who wish to live in the fear of God., (187) Que rien ne luy est advenu que tous fideles ne doyvent aussi attendre. That nothing has happened to him which all believers must not also look for.. The adjective used is philautos ( G5367) , which means self-loving. The doctrine that he preached. This I cannot but consider as a proof of want of faith. The cause of this is the present confusion, and accordingly the apostle brings a picture of it before Timothy's mind. Once Agesilaus, the Sparta king, was asked, "What shall we teach our boys?" 1. (2 Timothy 2:1.) There is love. And a hundred and fifty men can board it and they can submerge and go under the North Pole under the arctic ice. It means to follow a person spiritually, not only to understand what he says, but also to carry out his ideas and be the kind of person he wishes us to be. Godly = adv. He warns Timothy of the fatal end of seducers, as a reason why he should stick closely to the truth as it is in Jesus: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, c., 2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 3:13. Look what they did to Jesus, and Jesus said, "If they persecuted me, they're going to persecute you" ( John 15:20 ). Men will be lovers of their own selves ( 2 Timothy 3:2 ). "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. Don't start trying to cut out certain stories because they don't fit your scheme because you have a little hard, you have a hard time sort of believing that. We have the practice and treatment of true Christians: they live godly in Jesus Christ--this is their practice; and they shall suffer persecution--this is the usage they must expect in this world. He was to continue in the things which he had learned, and had been assured of, knowing of whom he had learned them a very important point. Is it knowledge, or is it life, that we are trying to transmit? It answers all the ends of divine revelation. In the end not a book was burned; the brigand left the colporteur and went off into the darkness with the books. Verse of the Day , 2 Timothy 3:12 Treasury of Scripture Knowing, God, My Praise (Study In God - All I Need-19). Any conversion which makes a man think of nothing but the fact that he has been saved is no true conversion. shall suffer persecution; it is the will of God, and the appointment of heaven; Christ has foretold it, that so it shall be; and he the head has suffered it himself, and it is necessary that his members should, that they may be conformed unto him; it is the way Christ himself went to glory, and through many tribulations his people must enter the kingdom; and this is the common lot and certain case of all the saints, in one shape or another; for though all do not suffer confiscation of goods, beating, scourging, imprisonment, or a violent death; yet all are more or less afflicted and distressed by wicked men, and are subject to their reproaches and revilings, which are a branch of persecution; and that for professing Christ, and living a godly life in him and under his influence: and since such suffer as Christians, and not as evildoers; and this is the common condition of the people of God, in this world, it should not be thought strange, but be cheerfully endured; to encourage to which is the apostle's view in this passage. He was wrong on that you know. 2. There would be two ways in which these heretics in the days of Timothy could exert an evil influence. And the reason why he makes it so urgent not to be turned aside was, that the time would come when men would not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts they should heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they should turn away their ears from the truth, and should be. The study of the Scriptures must never be selfish, never simply for the good of a man's own soul. It instructs us in that which is true, reproves us for that which is amiss, directs us in that which is good. The world is full of these braggarts to this day; the clever know-all's who deceive people into thinking that they are wise, the politicians who claim that their parties have a program which will bring in the Utopia and that they alone are born to be leaders of men, the people who crowd the advertisement columns with claims to give beauty, knowledge or health by their system, the people in the Church who have a kind of ostentatious goodness. I thought you were, you know, the Son of God and smarter than that. (ii) The Scriptures are of use in teaching. That is, it is not enough that I should walk with the Lord individually, but I must clear myself of association with that which is contrary to His name. Rather he must "labour before he partake of the fruits." He is sure that God will rescue the man who puts his faith in him. It is the word alazon ( G213) and was derived from the ale, which means a wandering about. SEDUCTION IN THE NAME OF RELIGION ( 2 Timothy 3:6-7 ). It may well be a proof of Timothy's courage and consecration that he had seen very clearly what could happen to an apostle and had yet not hesitated to cast in his lot with Paul. "Reprobate concerning the faith.". In living in such a manner, persecution will come; but the Lord will deliver the faithful. by George Whitefield. At any rate the apostle presses this very strongly on Timothy. The defeat of error depends not on skill in controversy but in the demonstration in life of the more excellent way. They had been long accustomed to the truth, and alas! In 2Baruch we get an even more vivid picture of the moral chaos of these last times: And envy shall rise in those who had not thought ought of. "I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears." Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Noah, the earth was really flooded? He who feeds his mind on cheap literature can in the end find nothing in the great masterpieces. But this is not what the Bible teaches. In the second chapter he turns to another theme, he instructs and exhorts Timothy as to communicating (not authority, or status, or gift, but) truth to others. 2 Timothy 3:12-13 Commentary | Precept Austin By it we are thoroughly furnished for every good work. The word is huperephanos ( G5244) . In 2 Timothy 3:13 he meant that evil becomes more intensive as time goes on. Again, it is startling. They will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. Their own word would eat as a canker, and do harm to others as well as to themselves, "who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some." Now you get out your, you know, your green and blue pens and for the inspired ones, we'll underline those with blue and we'll use red, maybe, to underline those that are not inspired, you know and, and so here I am, I'm the authority.Well, the next liberal comes along and he says, Well, no, no, no, he was wrong on that one. Job, tell me, have you been beyond the gates of death, do you know what it's about? It is no accident that the first of these qualities will be a life that is centred in self. 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. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (it was what Timothy was manifesting), "but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Wow, watch out now because Jesus bought it. Introduction; 2 Timothy 1 Commentary; 2 Timothy 3 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. This may be either an injury done to his feelings, his family, his reputation, his property, his liberty, his influence; it may be by depriving him of an office which he held, or preventing him from obtaining one to which he is eligible; it may be by subjecting him to fine or imprisonment, to banishment, torture, or death. 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. turned unto fables. So you have to be careful when you start chipping it away at one side because the whole thing will come down on you. See also 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:11, and on godliness, 1 Timothy 2:2. His answer was: "That which will be most useful to them when they are men." But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: a. And the word of God comes and it brings a balance, it brings a correction, it brings a correct perspective.It's profitable. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 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. And suddenly, of course, their tears were changed because Paul began to breathe and move and he stood up and he said, Let's go back in and preach some more. (8) Using the boldness God gives, don't be ashamed of the imprisoned apostle. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And you will find as God's word becomes a very part of your life and you begin to be guided by the word of God, that God will begin to use you in very exciting ways. It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it. (iii) The Scriptures are valuable for reproof. And in the end they shall perish together with them." It would all be over, where, you know, the miseries would all be gone.What's the first thing God said to Job? When our Lord was pleased to take upon himself the form of a servant, and to go about preaching the kingdom of God; he took all opportunities in public, and more especially in private, to caution his disciples against . 2 Timothy 3 - Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible - StudyLight.org Noah escaped? In other words, the word of God is that which thoroughly prepares me for any work that God might have for me to do. How appropriate that "trucebreakers" is for this day. Things will get worse as people turn away from those who teach the Scriptures, and listen to those who teach their own theories. He had fought the good fight of faith. Every man going his own way. Men will be treacherous. The word is propetes ( G4312) , precipitate. The prophets and apostles did not speak from themselves, but what they received of the Lord that they delivered unto us. Men would be headlong in words and action. Even if we look at Him so, He was raised from the dead. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. The one was suited to upset the young, the other to beguile the old. The peculiar task confided to the latter was care of doctrine much more than of outward order. "They that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. E. F. Brown has pointed out the danger of what he calls "intellectual curiosity without moral earnestness." Nothing can sanction this. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men." 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. But then another thing. 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. Note, Those are wise indeed who are wise to salvation. We should be asking: what, if any, is the unifying purpose which binds all this activity together? So from his earliest childhood Timothy had known the sacred writings. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Men will refuse to recognize even the ultimate decencies of life. Here is one of the most terrible pictures in the New Testament of what a godless world would be like, with the terrible qualities of godlessness set out in a ghastly series. There is no godliness (Greek, "piously") or piety out of Christ. But thou hast fully known ( 2 Timothy 3:10 ), Now in contrast to this, boy, and what a contrast the Christian is to the world around him, and more and more, you know, more and more your lifestyle is different from the world. No amount of intellectual curiosity can ever take the place of moral earnestness. If, in any manner, or in any way, he is subjected to disadvantage on account of his religious opinions, and deprived of any immunities and rights to which he would be otherwise entitled, this is persecution. There would come a kind of terrible flowering of evil, when the moral foundations seemed to be shaken. Paul "the aged," as he says, was just about to leave this world. And yet, it is becoming in this hedonistic society commonplace, all too commonplace, tragically commonplace. Xenophon in the Memorabilia tells how Socrates utterly condemned such impostors. 442.]. This he had known most extensively, but it was closed; no longer had he before him any prospect of having to fight the battles of the church of God. human nature began to show itself out in indifference. It means to follow a person physically, to stick by him through thick and thin. And so Paul is warning Timothy of certain things that will be transpiring in the last days. The Christian leader will never lack his opponents. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known Word Studies in the New Testament. O that we may love our Bibles more, and keep closer to them than ever! Instead of hiding either from Timothy, he points all out to him. It is derived from two Greek words which mean to show oneself above. Robertson, Archibald Thomas. They said, Wait a minute, this is the hand of God, we can't, we can't touch this. The Gnostic insinuators would teach these doctrines to impressionable women. The Greek verb kratein ( G2902) means to control. On the other hand, it is unholy to tamper with evil. 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. Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. If anyone proposes to introduce into his life a loyalty which surpasses all earthly loyalties, there are bound to be clashes. Men will be without human affection (astorgos, G794) . It can sometimes have the meaning of loyalty, or true religion. Paul contrasts the conduct of Timothy, his loyal disciple, with the conduct of the heretics who were doing their utmost to wreck the Church. Timothy fully knew Paul's good character, which he might gather from his doctrine, manner of life, and purpose; for he gave proofs of his faith (that is, of his integrity and fidelity, or his faith in Christ, his faith concerning another world, by which Paul lived), his long-suffering towards the churches to which he preached and over which he presided, his charity towards all men, and his patience. This was to reverse the lesson of a risen Christ, and to open the way for all laxity. There are still Church dignitaries whose main thought is their own dignity; but the Christian is the follower of him who was meek and lowly in heart. It is interesting, when Jesus in the Sermon on the mount described the Christian in the Beatitudes, after having described the traits of the Christian in the Beatitudes; you'd say, My, a man like that who is a peacemaker, who is merciful, who is hungering and thirsting after righteousness, who is meek, who is poor in spirit, surely you know the world would respect such a man. Paul's life contrasted with the world. What am I to believe about God? 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. What I believe, I believe because God has said it. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. ", Now when you have difficulty in your understanding of a scripture, rather than setting that aside and saying, Well, God really didn't say that; just say, hey, I really don't understand that yet. We are not meant to titillate our minds with the latest intellectual crazes; we are meant to purify and strengthen ourselves in the moral battle to live the Christian life. 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. Here we find the perilous times fairly brought before us. Titus, we know, did so; but God took care that it should never be positively stated about Timothy. "I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. It is the sign of a supremely decadent civilization when youth loses all respect for age and fails to recognize the unpayable debt and the basic duty it owes to those who gave it life. But God prepares the instruments through which He works and the most important preparation is through the Word of God. You can you see what's happened even in the last twenty-five years. Look at the lack, lackness. And as we pointed out, the danger always of saying some scriptures, not all scriptures, is the loss of authority. Do you have a hard time accepting that man can build a great fish that can swallow men and keep them under water for several days and deposit them later at a port?Hey, hey, wait a minute then. "Trucebreakers". You know the persecutions that I experienced, but the Lord delivered me out of them all. Accordingly, although they are not exposed to the same assaults, and do not engage in the same battles, yet they have a warfare in common, and shall never be wholly at peace and exempt from persecutions. It is the attitude which bears with everything men can do and refuses to be either angry or embittered, and which will never seek anything but their highest good. Accordingly, in much grief of heart, the apostle writes to his tried and trembling child in the faith, and seeks to strengthen him, above all things not to be discouraged, and to make up his mind to endure hard things. Thus the apostle comes to the close of his ministry, and touches upon the line of St. John. 2 Timothy 3 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible In the Testament of Issachar, one of the books written between the Old and the New Testaments, we get a picture like this: "Know ye, therefore, my children, that in the last times. It is an immense blessing that we have the truth not only in a book, but in a practical shape, the truth that comes out of the heart and from the lips of living men of God. The Platonic Definitions defined the corresponding noun (alazoneia, G212) as: "The claim to good things which a man does not really possess." Paul instructed Timothy concerning what God had revealed would take place in the last days.

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