The Gnostic heretics taught, either that, since matter is altogether evil, a rigid asceticism must be practiced and all the things of the body as far as possible eliminated, or that it does not matter what we do with the body and its desires can be indulged in to the limit because they do not matter. There was to be a final show-down with the forces of evil. Have you ever seen an age when people were more conscious of their own selves? 2 Timothy 3:2 Commentaries: For men will be lovers of self, lovers of They claimed that their children learned the law even from their swaddling clothes and drank it in with their mother's milk. But we, so often, make the mistake of going out ill-equipped or running without a message. 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. 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. 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. I. It seems to me, I confess, that if there were simplicity of faith, the Lord would give one eyes to see some at least that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. She had been finding life, as she herself said, futile and meaningless. 2. Why does the world hate Christians? The Greek for slanderer is diabolos ( G1228) which is precisely the English word devil. "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." 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. The Greek word is that men will become anosios ( G462) . We have sown the wind, now we're going to reap the whirlwind. Man can do it but not God. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all" ( Psalms 34:19 ). At the same time He will have them undividedly for Himself; and He is also jealous of the way in which they seek even the ends of God. Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. So you have to be careful when you start chipping it away at one side because the whole thing will come down on you. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. Job, tell me, have you been beyond the gates of death, do you know what it's about? The sister was persuaded to read a copy of St. John. 442.]. Given the right conditions, such oppositions would be just as deadly as the great Roman persecutions. That is, without any sexual restraints. For he does not say Jesus Christ simply in. Men would be headlong in words and action. "Reprobate concerning the faith.". Thus he comforts Timothy at the same time that he admonishes him. But the apostle remembered it all, felt deeply for if not with him, and greatly desiring to see him once more. Paul goes on to list the things in which Timothy has been his disciple; and the interest of that list is that it consists of the strands out of which the life and work of an apostle are woven. The numbers of people who flocked to the various athletic contests, loving pleasure. (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.. 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. With his or her commitment to follow Christ faithfully the Christian sets the course of his or her life directly opposite to the course of the world system. There might be a mixture of timid shrinking from pain and shame. Avoid such people. thoroughly furnished unto all good works ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). 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. (2 Timothy 1:1.) Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. It was the common lot of all who endeavored to serve their Redeemer faithfully; and Timothy himself, therefore, must not hope to escape from it. "Evil men and seducers will wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." Commentary on 2 Timothy 3 by Matthew Henry - Blue Letter Bible It is easy for a professed Christian to avoid persecution, if he yields every point in which religion is opposed to the world. Look at the magazines that were once really under the counter kind of stuff and sold illegally. If anyone proposes to accept a set of standards quite different from the world's, he is bound to encounter trouble. 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. for reproof, for correction ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ), And how often the word of God has brought correction to my course of life. What am I to believe about God? 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." This was always the becoming tone; but now it is imperiously necessary, as well as wise and good. Timothy was well aware of this, even before he joined Paul in his work. 2. Persecution is Every Christian's Lot - 2 Timothy 3:12 It is the whole spiritual experience, so to speak, of the apostle. 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. "It denotes living in the right attitude to God and to things divine. He brings out the infinite value of the Scriptures, that is of what was written, the one transcendent resource for perilous times when we have not the presence and personal help of apostles. In the midst of all, he is told to bring the cloak that he left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, but especially the parchments. Next he comes to a more personal need. When trouble fell on the Thessalonians, Paul wrote to them: "When we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass, and as you know" ( 1 Thessalonians 3:4). 2 Timothy 3:12, NLT: Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. (2.) We find a precisely similar kind of combination in Paul. 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. He tells such women that by his spells and incantations he can enable them to prophesy. The defeat of error depends not on skill in controversy but in the demonstration in life of the more excellent way. 2 Timothy 3:12 - Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch 4. And that's what creates the problem all the way through. 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. 3 f I thank God g whom I serve, as did my ancestors, h with a clear conscience, as I remember you i . What am I to believe about angels or the future? 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. She had waded through book after book and laboured with philosophy after philosophy in an attempt to find satisfaction. he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me." His connection with the church, but "of the seed of David," the fulfiller of the promises, and object of the prophecies. Then are we Christ's disciples indeed, John 8:31. 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. There is a type of person who is eager to discuss every new theory, who is always to be found deeply involved in the latest fashionable religious movement, but who is quite unwilling to accept the day-to-day discipline--even drudgery--of living the Christian life. 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. Now here observe. The result would often be either that the woman broke off married relationships with her husband in order to live the ascetic life, or that she gave the lower instincts full play and abandoned herself to promiscuous relationships. The thing that amazes me is that he can attract people who will support him. Resurrection is the form and character of the lowest blessings of which Jesus is the dispenser; much more is He risen to exalt God in the highest. The man who is anosios ( G462) offends against the fundamental decencies of life. The word here is makrothumia ( G3115) ; and makrothumia, as the Greeks used it, usually meant patience with people. Again and again Scripture has opened for men and women the way to God. 2 Timothy 3:12 NIV - In fact, everyone who wants to live a - Bible Gateway Paul suffered as he taught: a single eye to Christ and His grace made him consistent. They will follow after their own wicked devices. 4. He said, Who is this? 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. As individuals, we should sometimes ask ourselves: what is our aim in life? I can base my beliefs upon what God has said because it is indeed God's word.I have great difficulty with these people who develop doctrines that are contrary to what Jesus said, as though they understand more than Jesus about what's happening in the future. 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. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers," what singular language this from Paul! He did so to help him realize that he faced no unknown situation in Ephesus and to enable him to combat it intelligently. In certain of these books Jannes and Jambres figured largely. As we know, there may be over it all a certain form of godliness, but underneath it is really wickedness. Men would become lovers of money (philarguros, G5366) . [2.] So I listened to that voice, and heard the truth, and found my Saviour.". Or are you going to develop a doctrine that is diametrically opposed to what Jesus said? [2.] "She then makes the effort to reward Marcus, not only by the gift of her possessions (in which way he has collected a very large fortune), but also by yielding up to him her person, desiring in every way to be united to him, that she may become altogether one with him." (3.) Each of the chapters are done individually. He might even seem to be humble; but in his secret heart there is contempt for everyone else. But shun profane and vain babblings.". 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) It is a great happiness to know the holy scriptures from our childhood; and children should betimes get the knowledge of the scriptures. 2 Timothy Greeting. There are those who shrink from helping on others in order to the work and doctrine of the Lord. The Jews divided all time into this present age and the age to come. In these last terrible days men will come to have no love for good things or good persons (aphilagathos, G865) . "Put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit but to the subverting of the hearers. It imagines "the faith" as something to be guarded (see 2 Timothy 1:14), lest it become corrupted or . "All scripture is given by inspiration of God. Good. It appears it was not merely in Rome. 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 . It describes, not the spirit which accepts life, but the spirit which masters it. Paul regarded these as man-made things; but the great books for a man's soul were the God-inspired ones which tradition and the experience of men had sanctified. 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). These twin qualities of the braggart and the arrogant man inevitably result in love of insult (blasphemia, G988) . Here is the essential conclusion. But let him not infer, therefore, that he is to be enrolled among the martyrs, and that he is certainly a real Christian. One of my most unfavorite promises in the Bible. 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. but they deny the power thereof: [Paul said to Timothy] from such turn away. If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? What does 2 Timothy 3:12 mean? | BibleRef.com (This book is used for definition of Greek words. So if you want God to use your life, then thoroughly equip yourself in the Word of God, the study, the understanding.That's why we're here tonight. There was no despising natural links or spiritual here, far from it. "Because ye are not of the world therefore the world hateth you" (John 15:19; Matthew 10:22,38,39). Exalting Jesus in 1,2,3 John (Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary And the word of God comes and it brings a balance, it brings a correction, it brings a correct perspective.It's profitable. Right out of the gate, Second Timothy presents itself as a conservative letter, understanding "conservative" in the most literal sense of the word. For it is not dogma pure and simple, it is not mere instruction; and we may thank God for it. Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. Fear and timidity will keep us from using the gifts God gives. Now it is interesting that as Paul is referring to the Scriptures here, he is, of course, referring to the Old Testament Scriptures. 3:1 You must realize this--that in the last days difficult times will set in. It is not a question here about elders, but what would abide all the same when elders could not be duly appointed. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? The word is anemeros ( G434) and would be more fittingly applied to a wild beast than to a human being. 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? The Greek word literally is fully matured or of full age, fully matured, that the man of God might be fully matured. It can never cease to be a Christian's duty to maintain the unity of the Spirit; but it is not maintaining the unity of the Spirit to couple with the name of the Lord that which is fleshly and sinful. It was only to be expected that certain women would not know how to use their new liberty. It means to follow a person physically, to stick by him through thick and thin. We live in a fallen world, and there are many challenges that face the believer who has not only trusted Christ for salvation, but is also ready and willing to deny self, take up his cross, follow Christs example, and say without compromise Thy will, not mine, be done.The newbornbaby Christian has to grow in grace and mature in the faith over an unspecified periodof time, to reach this level of maturity in his faith, while other who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ may slip in and out of carnality and worldliness for many years, stunting their growth and even regressing in their faith back to spiritual infancy.Many, if not all believers, are called to become mature in the faith by walking in spirit and truth and living godly, Christ-centred lives, but few are willing to exchange the cosy blessings of early Christian infancy, for the difficulties that inevitably follow the mature believer. 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. 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. 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. 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. Otherwise this might have seemed to be (what unbelief taunts and stigmatizes it, spite of His sanction) pride of heart and presumption. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Timothy Chapter 3 And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying life. It is to be remembered that a man may lose his soul far more easily in prosperity than in adversity; and he is on the way to losing his soul when he assesses the value of life by the number of things which he possesses. It's twelve thousand miles a second, but that's pretty fast, too. Such is the perversity of sin. Paul cites three instances when he had to suffer for Christ. 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. It is of use to all, for we all need to be instructed, corrected, and reproved: it is of special use to ministers, who are to give instruction, correction, and reproof; and whence can they fetch it better than from the scripture? If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? And for this reason we should continue in the things we have learned from the holy scriptures; not that we ought to continue in any errors and mistakes which we may have been led into, in the time of our childhood and youth (for these, upon an impartial enquiry and full conviction, we should forsake); but this makes nothing against our continuing in those things which the holy scriptures plainly assert, and which he that runs may read. 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. In Brazil Signor Antonio of Minas bought a New Testament which he took home to burn.
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