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Text -- 2 Timothy 3:1-12 (NET)
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Ministry in the Last Days
3:1 But understand this , that in the last days difficult times will come .
3:2 For people will be lovers of themselves , lovers of money , boastful , arrogant , blasphemers , disobedient to parents , ungrateful , unholy ,
3:3 unloving , irreconcilable , slanderers , without self-control , savage , opposed to what is good ,
3:4 treacherous , reckless , conceited , loving pleasure rather than loving God .
3:5 They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power . So avoid people like these .
3:6 For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions .
3:7 Such women are always seeking instruction , yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth .
3:8 And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses , so these people – who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith – also oppose the truth .
3:9 But they will not go much further , for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone , just like it was with Jannes and Jambres .
Continue in What You Have Learned
3:10 You , however, have followed my teaching , my way of life , my purpose , my faith , my patience , my love , my endurance ,
3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch , in Iconium , and in Lystra . I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all .
3:12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Job, Book of |
Minister |
Wicked |
Apostasy |
Fellowship |
Worldliness |
Character |
Formalism |
Persecution |
PETER, SIMON |
JUDE, THE EPISTLE OF |
GNOSTICISM |
PASTORAL EPISTLES |
Citizenship |
Lystra |
Commandments |
Doctrines |
Selfishness |
LOVER |
TIMOTHY |
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NET Notes: 2Ti 3:2 Or “self-centered.” The first two traits in 2 Tim 3:2 and the last two in 3:4 are Greek words beginning with the root “lovers of,...
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NET Notes: 2Ti 3:7 Grk “always learning,” continuing the description of the women from v. 6. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a ne...
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NET Notes: 2Ti 3:9 Grk “as theirs came to be,” referring to the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres. The referent of “theirs” (Jannes and Jambres) ...
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NET Notes: 2Ti 3:10 The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.
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