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. So you have to be careful when you start chipping it away at one side because the whole thing will come down on you. His answer was: "That which will be most useful to them when they are men." Paul's life: one of longsuffering, one of love and one of patience. Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. 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. What Does 2 Timothy 3:12 Mean? - Verse of the day In these last terrible days men will come to have no love for good things or good persons (aphilagathos, G865) . It is not a question here about elders, but what would abide all the same when elders could not be duly appointed. "[21] See also under 1Thessalonians 3:3. Oh, yeah, I like that one. In the terrible times men will be so set on self that even the closest ties will be nothing to them. It is a great happiness to know the holy scriptures from our childhood; and children should betimes get the knowledge of the scriptures. "He kicked the world about," said one, "as if it had been a football." The man who has exhausted the normal pleasures of life and still unsated, will seek his thrill in pleasures which are abnormal. "Much the greatest rogue of all is the man who has gulled his city into the belief that he is fit to direct it.". "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Verse 2 Timothy 3:1. How appropriate that "trucebreakers" is for this day. That is, without any sexual restraints. What does 2 Timothy 3:13 mean? There was no longer the freshness of a new thing; and where the heart was not kept up in communion with the Lord, the value of divine things was less felt, if it did not quite fade away. 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. "The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but, when. The Greek is hupomone ( G5281) , which means not a passive sitting down and bearing things but a triumphant facing of them so that even out of evil there can come good. "I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 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. It would not be accordant with the mind of God. The woman, thrilled to the heart, does so and is deluded into thinking that she can prophesy. Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. The whole idea is that of thoroughly fitting you as an instrument that God can use. SEDUCTION IN THE NAME OF RELIGION ( 2 Timothy 3:6-7 ). "If religion gives no quarter to vice, the vicious will give no quarter to religion and its professors.". In that large heart which weighed so justly and with single eye, there was a deepening feeling as to all that he saw around him; there was a realizing of the importance of things of which he had said not a word before. God had made Jesus to be Lord and Christ, preached Peter on that day of power, when as yet much lay hid, and the great instrument of the revelation of the mystery was still shrouded in the darkness of midnight. Even if we look at Him so, He was raised from the dead. Few choose to leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ, and press on into maturity.Sadly many believers, although saved by grace through faith in Christ, refuse to move past the elementary principles of the Christian life. That which finishes a man of God in this world is the scripture. We must remember that Timothy's work lay in Ephesus, perhaps the greatest market in the ancient world. that will, &c.Greek, "all whose will is to live," &c. So far should persecution be from being a stumbling-block to Timothy, he should consider it a mark of the pious. The Greek moralists wrote much about this word. What does 2 Timothy 3:13 mean? | BibleRef.com If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work." To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Et tous ceux aussi qui veulent vivre en la crainte de Dieu, Que rien ne luy est advenu que tous fideles ne doyvent aussi attendre. Each one of these words in the Greek is an interesting word study. Even a dog may be sorry when he has hurt his master, but there are people who, in their treatment of others, can be lost to human sympathy and feeling. by George Whitefield. 2 Timothy 3:12, "Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.". (1.) Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. He had fully known his conversation: Thou hast fully know my doctrine, and manner of life; his manner of life was of a piece with his doctrine, and did not contradict it. He was comparatively alone. He must study the Scriptures to make himself useful to God and to his fellow-men. ". B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977. Men will be implacable in their hatreds (aspondos, G786) . No man can teach what he does not know, and therefore before a man can teach Christ to others he must know him himself. True, he is telling of something which happened later than this, but the wretched story would be the same (Irenaeus: Against Heresies, 1, 13, 3). Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 5. "Perilous times shall come." Observe, (1.) "My God shall supply all of your needs" ( Philippians 4:19 ). 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. Well soon your Bible will be so messed up you wouldn't be able to read it. The Christian leader will never lack his opponents. It is well to be exclusive of sin, but of nothing else. Look at the magazines that were once really under the counter kind of stuff and sold illegally. It opened at the Sermon on the Mount. Yet. They thought that eternal life lay in the letter, not in Him of whom the letter testified. 3:6-7 For from among these there come those who enter into houses, and take captive foolish women, laden with sins and driven by varied desires, ready to listen to any teacher but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 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. The Gnostics had their own fanciful books; the heretics all produced their own literature to support their claims. The world just exists, no real goal, no real meaning; you're just existing. There is slander enough in many a church to make the recording angel weep as he records it. Things were so bad that Tacitus could say: "He who had no foe was betrayed by his friend." 2 Timothy 1 Bible Study Commentary And Questions for it is evident that there have been many godly persons who have never suffered banishment, or imprisonment, or flight, or any kind of persecution. [2.] The deterioration, rapid deterioration so that a mother has to worry when she sends her little child to school because she doesn't know what some kinky character might do, exposing themselves to that beautiful little child or even worse. Didn't you know that's just a myth? (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. 4. So I become the authority if I make such an affirmation to you. As Timothy was about to enter upon a new phase of his ministry, without the apostle's presence or living counsel, the latter charges him with great emphasis, "before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word, be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine." I don't know exactly yet what He said but when I find out I know He's going to be right. The fact remains that the only place in all the world where we get a first-hand account of that person and of his teaching is in the New Testament. Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:1-14 - Working Preacher This world is in rebellion against God. In a measure, no doubt, the truth is in Christendom, and only there; for one cannot look for the truth in Judaism or heathenism now. And there came that place where, hey, Moses performed a miracle of God and they backed away. It is the word alazon ( G213) and was derived from the ale, which means a wandering about. ", 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. The task of the apostle is not only to tell men the truth; it is also to help them do it. Let us look at them one by one. 3. 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. It is Paul's conviction that the real follower of Christ cannot escape persecution. In the Old Testament they are not named, but they are referred to in Exodus 7:11; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 9:11. It was a part of his lot. Word Pictures in the New Testament. Don't start messing with it. 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 ). Activity of service was no longer before him. In the days between the Old and the New Testaments many Jewish books were written which expanded the Old Testament stories. And he was probably in the company of those that were standing around, sort of crying, as they saw Paul's limp body on the ground. Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? Timothy had a great advantage in being trained up under such a tutor, and being apprised of the doctrine he preached. When we are tempted to do so, we should hear again the voice of our blessed Lord saying on the Cross: "Father, forgive them.". Paul met him on his first missionary journey. 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. Here is the essential conclusion. In Greek writings these two words often went together; and they are both picturesque. It is given by inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:16), and therefore is his word. That persecution which will properly furnish any evidence that we are the friends of Christ, must be only that which is "for righteousness sake" Matthew 5:10, and must be brought upon us in an honest effort to obey the commands of God. (3) if we are persecuted, we should carefully inquire, before we avail ourselves of this consolation, whether we are persecuted because we "live godly in Christ Jesus," or for some other reason. 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. "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." Having a form of godliness ( 2 Timothy 3:5 ). The disorder might be so great that we might make mistakes in our anxiety; but "The Lord knoweth them that are his." If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. It is as if he said to them: "You have been well warned." Now these seem to many very difficult indeed to combine. This is evidently not the true remedy to abandon the confession of Christ: only an apostate could think of it. It is derived from two Greek words which mean to show oneself above. 2 Timothy 3:12 in Other Translations - Bible Study Tools A book with a record such as it has cannot be disregarded. 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 . It follows from this: (1) That they who make a profession of religion, should come prepared to be persecuted. And a less confession than this God never permitted the church to accept; nor in fact in Jerusalem itself was less ever accepted than the naming the name of the Lord. I've got a file up here that says, Wait for further information. They must not lie by us neglected, seldom or never looked into. Storge is the word used especially of family love, the love of child for parent and parent for child. 2. menin the professing Church. 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. Vincente Quiroga of Chile found a few pages of a book washed up on the seashore by a tidal wave following an earthquake. Second, there are the qualities of the apostle. 2 Timothy 3 Barnes' Notes - Bible Hub He read the twenty-third psalm from one; the story of the Good Samaritan from another; from another the Sermon on the Mount; from another 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. 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. ", and [as such they are] profitable ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ). We must not be afraid of a manifest duty because it has been abused. 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. When the Lord was entering on His ministry He says, "Woman, what have I to do with thee?" Rather they are minimum requirements that otherwise suitable people must fulfil if the church is to recognize them as elders or deacons. 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. God takes care of His people, and ensures them a blessed end. There was infirmity in the character of Timothy. That the man of God may be perfect,2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:17. Whether Timothy made it to Rome before Paul's execution is not known. The Jews divided all time into this present age and the age to come. The persecutions today may not be the same Paul had to withstand, but persecutions of some type will confront us from time to time. (2 Timothy 1:1.) They claimed that the law was so imprinted on the heart and mind of a Jewish child that he would sooner forget his own name than he would forget it. The age of children is the learning age; and those who would get true learning must get it out of the scriptures. Don't expect the world to applaud when you speak out against evil. You can you see what's happened even in the last twenty-five years. He is sure that God will rescue the man who puts his faith in him. Men will be savage. In either case the word describes a certain harshness of mind which separates a man from his fellow-men in unrelenting bitterness. As I read the things that are happening in our modern-cultured Orange County, as I read the reports from the social department on the child abuse, I just shake my head in disbelief because a person could not possibly do these things unless they were without natural affection. Every man doing his own thing or every man believing as he wants. Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel." And he embraced Christianity, but he was probably standing there in Lystra when the people in the city stoned Paul until they thought he was dead and dragged him out of the city. He flung the New Testament on it. It is not simply now to follow these, as urged in the first epistle (1 Timothy 6:11); but he adds a most characteristic word in the second epistle. Avoid such people. Closely allied with the braggart, but--as we shall see--even worse, is the man who is arrogant. But then another thing. They just are irritated by your love and by your patience and by your goodness because they feel guilty. A man may embrace some absurd opinion, and call it religion; he may adopt some mode of dress irresistibly ludicrous, from the mere love of singularity, and may call it "conscience;" or he may be boorish in his manners, and uncivil in his deportment, outraging all the laws of social life, and may call this "deadness to the world;" and for these, and similar things, he may be contemned, ridiculed, and despised. And they shall be dispersed among the Gentiles. For "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" ( Matthew 12:34 ). 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. 2 Timothy 3:12 "Many are the afflictions of the righteous," the psalmist writes (Psalm 34:19).Peter supplies a partial answer to this in I Peter 4:12: "Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you, as does Paul's statement in II Timothy 3:12: "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer . Salem Media Group. 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. Oh, Jesus, you mean you believe that story?
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