2 Timothy 3

Evil in the Last Days

¹But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. ²For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ⁴traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

• 2TI 3:1[PROPHECY]In the last days perilous times will come. Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God → HISTORY: This describes a pattern, not one event. Christians in every age, including our own, have seen these traits grow in the world and even in the church.MEDIUM

⁶They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, ⁷who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

⁸Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. ⁹But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

• 2TI 3:8[DEMONIC]Jannes and Jambres, Pharaoh's magicians, opposed Moses
• 2TI 3:8[NOTE]JANNES AND JAMBRES. Exodus 7:11 never names Pharaoh's magicians. Their names come from Jewish tradition. The Dead Sea Scrolls' Damascus Document mentions Yohanah and his brother, and an Aramaic translation of Exodus names Jannes and Jambres. Even the Roman writer Pliny the Elder lists Jannes as a famous magician.

All Scripture Is God-Breathed// Hebrews 4:12–16

¹⁰You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, ¹¹my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹²Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, ¹³while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

• 2TI 3:12[NOTABLE]Not maybe, will. Jesus said the same, John 15:20. Paul had lived it at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, 3:11. Opposition is not a sign you are doing it wrong.
• 2TI 3:13[DEMONIC]Evil men and impostors, goetes, go from bad to worse

¹⁴But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. ¹⁵From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

• 2TI 3:16[NOTE]GOD BREATHED. See The Big Question page, How Is the Bible Inspired?