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. 2 Timothy 3 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible A man has sunk far when he finds even the presence of good people something which he would only wish to avoid. Look at our attitudes towards morality. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit would make it to be most practical and precious. It is used in Matthew 8:28 to describe the two Gergesene demoniacs who met Jesus among the tombs. And if you align your life with God, you're going to find yourself out of alignment with the world and persecution will come. (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.. It was not then an indifferent matter to God. But the apostle at the same time owns, and loves to own, that which another might perhaps despise. Word Studies in the New Testament. O that we may love our Bibles more, and keep closer to them than ever! Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: they are men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith ( 2 Timothy 3:8 ). He opened out the pages to make it burn more easily. (ii) The Scriptures are of use in teaching. Our God is much too small. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. "Follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Plutarch uses the word to describe a quack doctor. A whole collection of stories gathered round their names. They're profitable for doctrine. On account of his opinions, he may be held up to ridicule, or treated with neglect, or excluded from society to which his attainments and manners would otherwise introduce him, or shunned by those who might otherwise value his friendship. Abandoned by virtually all of those close to him for fear of persecution (cf. Paul suffered as he taught: a single eye to Christ and His grace made him consistent. It follows from this: (1) that they who make a profession of religion, should come prepared to be persecuted. The reason is manifest: they themselves savour of the things of men, and not of God. Heavenly Father, thank You for the privilege of being one with Christ, positioned in Him, and clothed in His righteousness. You know, I mean, talk about lovers of selves, look at the advertising. There is instinctively, I think, within persons that love of a parent for a child or an adult for the child because we realize the helplessness of a child, the dependency that they have. Those who would acquaint themselves with the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the holy scriptures, for these are the summary of divine revelation. Consider of whom thou hast learned them; not of evil men and seducers, but good men, who had themselves experienced the power of the truths they taught thee, and been ready to suffer for them, and thereby would give the fullest evidence of their belief of these truths." 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. The apostle's life was very exemplary for three things: for his doctrine, which was according to the will of God; for his life, which was agreeable to his doctrine; and for his persecutions and sufferings. The apostle well knew that the God who had brought these glorious truths to man, the God that had manifested His grace, had given a witness of their reality in the man from whom he had learned them; and this was meant to have an enduring effect on the conscience and heart of Timothy. Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. The final condemnation of these people is that they retain the outward form of religion but deny its power. At that time Timothy was just a very young boy, probably in his mid-teens and yet he was attracted to Paul the apostle because of the message that Paul bore. 5. The word is anemeros ( G434) and would be more fittingly applied to a wild beast than to a human being. The cause of this is the present confusion, and accordingly the apostle brings a picture of it before Timothy's mind. Man can do it but not God. Whether Timothy made it to Rome before Paul's execution is not known. Such offence can and does happen yet. 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. "[21] See also under 1Thessalonians 3:3. His mental palate loses its taste. On the other hand, if a soul confesses the name of the Lord, he must have done with iniquity. She had never tried the Bible, for a friend had convinced her by subtle arguments that it could not be true. In simple fairness, no man seeking for the truth has any right to neglect the reading of the Bible. Persecution and hardships will come, but of two things Paul is sure. The ancient world set duty to parents very high. The cause of the perilous times are found in the things that people will be doing, and at the top of the list. "Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions." How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. (12) Yea, and all that will live godly.--But St. Paul would not allow it to be thought for a moment that in the fact of his enduring persecution and suffering there was anything remarkable or singular; so he adds the words of this verse, which repeat in a peculiarly solemn way the great Christian truth that eternal glory was only to be reached by man through an avenue of sufferings. It is true that these things happened before the young Timothy had definitely entered on the Christian way, but they all happened in the district of which he was a native; and he may well have been an eyewitness of them. Comp. 4. The Platonic Definitions defined the corresponding noun (alazoneia, G212) as: "The claim to good things which a man does not really possess." How is it that you could be deceived, Jesus? 2 Timothy 3:12, NASB: Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. Xenophon in the Memorabilia tells how Socrates utterly condemned such impostors. Men will be savage. Job, tell me, have you been beyond the gates of death, do you know what it's about? That which finishes a man of God in this world is the scripture. To love men is to forgive them and care for them as God forgave and cares--and it is only he who can enable us to do that. Some of you are separated not by your own desire or wish, but because someone was a trucebreaker. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. We've just experienced a tremendous demonstration of that in the Los Angeles basin in the last couple of weeks. They will refuse to recognize the debt they owe both to God and to men. It is often a very great safeguard for the saint of God; for, after all, it makes no small difference who says this or that. I mean, people will have had it with the unrighteousness of the world. In the former epistle, Timothy was told how to behave in the house of God, as yet in order; but now we are told how to behave in such a state of things as the present disorder. B. But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: a. Vincent, Marvin R., D.D. In other words, the word of God is that which thoroughly prepares me for any work that God might have for me to do. At the same time there is the carrying on his full notice of everything found here below that would be a source of comfort to one who anticipated the ruin of Christendom. (iii) The Scriptures are valuable for reproof. What is a man well taught in the truth for, if not to communicate his knowledge to others that are faithful, but not equally instructed in the word of God? "It shone and glowed with truth," she said, "and my whole being responded to it. As members of the Church, we should sometimes ask ourselves, what are we trying to do in it? More and more the Christian is a marked person because the more corrupt the world becomes, the more the Christian stands out. Confrontation and conflict become inevitable (cf. For he does not say Jesus Christ simply in. "Knowing especially the firm foundation upon which thou hast built, namely, that of the scripture (2 Timothy 3:15; 2 Timothy 3:15): That from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures.". Love of self is the basic sin, from with all others flow. 1:15; 4:9-12, 16) and facing imminent execution, Paul wrote to Timothy, urging him to hasten to Rome for one last visit with the apostle ( 4:9, 21 ). It is the ability to accept the folly, the perversity, the blindness, the ingratitude of men and still to remain gracious, and still to toil on. 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. When children are disobedient to their parents, and break through the obligations which they lie under to them both in duty and gratitude, and frequently in interest, having their dependence upon them and their expectation from them, they make the times perilous; for what wickedness will those stick at who will be abusive to their own parents and Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:14-17. 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. They worship self instead of God. In between there was The Day of the Lord, a day when God would personally intervene and shatter the world in order to remake it. 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. Not only did he become a Christian; he devoted the rest of his life to the distribution of the Scriptures in the forgotten villages of northern Chile. . With this prospect he comforts Timothy no less than his own spirit; but at the same time he speaks as to joining him, with a glance at one that had forsaken him. We must remember that they were Gnostics and that the basic principle of Gnosticism was that spirit was altogether good and matter altogether evil. That is to say, they go through all the correct movements and maintain all the external forms of religion; but they know nothing of Christianity as a dynamic power which changes the lives of men. But we have also been supplied with many precious promises which reassure us that His grace is sufficient, His strength is perfected in our weakness, that suffering for Christ's sake is a privilege for the child of God, and that no amount of trials, tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or the sword, is able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.May we grasp this truth in His strength, and remember that in this world we will have tribulation but that if we fellowship in the suffering of Christ, we will also be glorified with Him Who loved us so much that He died for us, that we might live for Him forever. "Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. What am I to believe about sin? This of itself indicates that the epistle provides for a time when it is no longer simply a question of recognising persons coming out of the world. Two men were talking of a great satirist who had been filled with moral earnestness. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. In either case the word describes a certain harshness of mind which separates a man from his fellow-men in unrelenting bitterness. 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. McLean, Virginia: MacDonald Publishing Company, n.d. Wuest, Kenneth S. Wuests Word Studies From the Greek New Testament. "He read on, forgetful of time, through the hours of the night, and just as the dawn was breaking, he stood up and declared, 'I believe'.". I've never found that in one of those little Bible promise books, I mean, promise things yet. 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. He had not said a word about them before. And the comfort is that, if prepared to cleave to the will of the Lord alone, we shall have, through His grace, fellowship with the true-hearted. Salem Media Group. Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked. But the phrase may mean any future time, whether near or distant. 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 "But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. There were those who would revenge themselves on an enemy by informing against him. But the condition of the believers had deteriorated. Many and many a time we would be saved from hurting ourselves and from wounding other people, if we would only stop to think. This the apostle guards Timothy against, and indeed ourselves, he warns him how seduction would go on more and more, but "from such turn away." 1. 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. "Every scripture" for this is the proper force of the passage "Every scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.". (187) And he says this, partly that believers may prepare themselves for submitting to this condition, and partly that good men may not view him with suspicion on account of the persecutions which he endures from wicked persons; as it frequently happens that the distresses to which men are subjected lead to unfavorable opinions concerning them; for he whom men regard with aversion is immediately declared by the common people to be hated by God. But they do enshrine the permanent truth that some time there must come the consummation when evil meets God in head-on collision and there comes the final triumph of God. Jambres. Only in the New Testament have we any picture of Jesus, any account of his life and any record of his teaching. I think we've gone just about as far as we can. 2 Timothy 3:12 NIV - In fact, everyone who wants to live a - Bible Gateway But it is asked, Must all men be martyrs? Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? 1. thoroughly furnished unto all good works ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). So the same Greek is used of the same thing, Lu 14:28, 33, "intending (Greek, 'wishing') to build a tower counteth the cost.". 3:2-5 For men will live a life that is centred in self; they will be lovers of money, braggarts, arrogant, lovers of insult, disobedient to their parents, thankless, regardless even of the ultimate decencies of life, without human affection, implacable in hatred, revelling in slander, ungovernable in their passions, savage, not knowing what the love of good is, treacherous, headlong in word and action, inflated with pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. It is not meant that the Scriptures are valuable for finding fault; what is meant is that they are valuable for convincing a man of the error of his ways and for pointing him on the right path. And that quality of conquering endurance is necessary, because persecution is an essential part of the experience of an apostle. It is our duty to use our minds and set them adventuring; but the test must ever be agreement with the teaching of Jesus Christ as the Scriptures present it to us. And yet, it is becoming in this hedonistic society commonplace, all too commonplace, tragically commonplace. The words that finally decided me were those in John 18:37: 'For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. "Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.". The crumbling away of everything here was before the apostle; and accordingly it is one of the peculiar features of this second epistle, that he brings out that which never can decay which was before there was a world to dissolve namely, that life which was in Christ Jesus before the world began. For after all, I'm worth it. Robertson, Archibald Thomas. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men." I believe that God intended you to have pleasure, but when it comes before God, it means that it has become your God and it makes a very poor God to worship or serve. e Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.. Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You. It was a kindred error, though in an opposite direction, to that which false teachers sought to infuse among the Thessalonians: there that the day of the Lord was come, producing panic; here that the resurrection was past, leading, to ease.

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