Focused Passage

2 Timothy 3:1-9

Godlessness in the Last Days and the Sufficiency of Scripture

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

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

6 They 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,

7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

9 But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction understand γίνωσκε G1097 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular this Τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction In ἐν G1722 Preposition [the] last ἐσχάταις G2078 Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural days ἡμέραις G2250 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural terrible χαλεποί G5467 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural times καιροὶ G2540 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural will come ἐνστήσονται G1764 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 2

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural men ἄνθρωποι G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural will be ἔσονται G1510 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural lovers of themselves φίλαυτοι G5367 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural lovers of money φιλάργυροι G5366 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural boastful ἀλαζόνες G213 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural arrogant ὑπερήφανοι G5244 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural abusive βλάσφημοι G989 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural disobedient ἀπειθεῖς G545 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural to [their] parents γονεῦσιν G1118 Noun - Dative Masculine Plural ungrateful ἀχάριστοι G884 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural unholy ἀνόσιοι G462 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 3

Original words

unloving ἄστοργοι G794 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural unforgiving ἄσπονδοι G786 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural slanderous διάβολοι G1228 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural without self-control ἀκρατεῖς G193 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural brutal ἀνήμεροι G434 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural without love of good ἀφιλάγαθοι G865 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 4

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traitorous προδόται G4273 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural reckless προπετεῖς G4312 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural conceited τετυφωμένοι G5187 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural lovers of pleasure φιλήδονοι G5369 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural rather μᾶλλον G3123 Adverb than G2228 Conjunction lovers of God φιλόθεοι G5377 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 5

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having ἔχοντες G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural a form μόρφωσιν G3446 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular of godliness εὐσεβείας G2150 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular but δὲ G1161 Conjunction denying ἠρνημένοι G720 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural its αὐτῆς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular power δύναμιν G1411 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction Turn away from ἀποτρέπου G665 Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular [such] as these τούτους G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 6

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- γάρ G1063 Conjunction They are εἰσιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural vvv Ἐκ G1537 Preposition the kind who τούτων G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural worm their way ἐνδύνοντες G1744 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural into εἰς G1519 Preposition - τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural households οἰκίας G3614 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction captivate αἰχμαλωτίζοντες G163 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural vulnerable women γυναικάρια G1133 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural [who are] weighed down σεσωρευμένα G4987 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural with sins ἁμαρτίαις G266 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural [and] led astray ἀγόμενα G71 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural by various ποικίλαις G4164 Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural passions ἐπιθυμίαις G1939 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Verse 7

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[who are] always πάντοτε G3842 Adverb learning μανθάνοντα G3129 Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural [but] καὶ G2532 Conjunction never μηδέποτε G3368 Adverb able δυνάμενα G1410 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural to come ἐλθεῖν G2064 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active to εἰς G1519 Preposition a knowledge ἐπίγνωσιν G1922 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular of [the] truth ἀληθείας G225 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 8

Original words

Just as ὃν G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular . . . τρόπον G5158 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular . . . δὲ G1161 Conjunction Jannes Ἰάννης G2389 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction Jambres Ἰαμβρῆς G2387 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular opposed ἀντέστησαν G436 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Moses Μωϋσεῖ G3475 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular so οὕτως G3779 Adverb also καὶ G2532 Conjunction these οὗτοι G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural men ἄνθρωποι G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural oppose ἀνθίστανται G436 Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular truth ἀληθείᾳ G225 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular They are depraved κατεφθαρμένοι G2704 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular in mind νοῦν G3563 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular [and] disqualified ἀδόκιμοι G96 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural from περὶ G4012 Preposition the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular faith πίστιν G4102 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • See Jasher 79:27. The Book of Jashar or the Book of the Upright One is often cited as Jasher.
Verse 9

Original words

But ἀλλ’ G235 Conjunction vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb they will not advance προκόψουσιν G4298 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural much πλεῖον G4119 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative further ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction just καὶ G2532 Conjunction like ὡς G5613 Adverb - G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular [Jannes and Jambres] ἐκείνων G1565 Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural - ἐγένετο G1096 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular their αὐτῶν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural - G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular folly ἄνοια G454 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular will be ἔσται G1510 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular plain ἔκδηλος G1552 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular to everyone πᾶσιν G3956 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural

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