2 Timothy 3:1

Translations

Modern

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

Traditional

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Literal

But know this, that in the last days difficult times will be present.

Latin

Hoc autem scito, quod in novissimis diebus instabunt tempora periculosa:

Original

Greek

English

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

Notes

2 Timothy 3:1–5

Paul explains how people will behave in the last days, which had already started (see also 1 Timothy 4:1–5; 2 Peter 2:1–22; 3:3; Jude 1:18; 2 Timothy 3:5, 6–9).

2 Timothy 3:1–4:8

Timothy must remain focused during the difficult times ahead.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Apostasy

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2 Peter 3:3
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
1 Timothy 4:1–3
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
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Jude 1:17
But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
Micah 4:1
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
Isaiah 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Daniel 12:11
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Ezekiel 38:16
You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
Revelation 8:1–13
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Glossary

Timothy, Second Letter to

Topics

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2 Timothy 3:1

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