Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, New Living Translation For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. English Standard Version For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, Berean Standard Bible For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, Berean Literal Bible For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, verbally abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, King James Bible For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, New King James Version For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, New American Standard Bible For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, NASB 1995 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, NASB 1977 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, Legacy Standard Bible For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, Amplified Bible For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane, Christian Standard Bible For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, Holman Christian Standard Bible For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, American Standard Version For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disloyal to their people, rejecters of grace, wicked, Contemporary English Version People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud, stuck-up, rude, and disobedient to their parents. They will also be ungrateful, godless, Douay-Rheims Bible Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, English Revised Version For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, GOD'S WORD® Translation People will be selfish and love money. They will brag, be arrogant, and use abusive language. They will curse their parents, show no gratitude, have no respect for what is holy, Good News Translation People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious; International Standard Version People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, Literal Standard Version for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, slanderous, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unkind, Majority Standard Bible For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, New American Bible People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, NET Bible For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, New Revised Standard Version For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, New Heart English Bible For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Webster's Bible Translation For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Weymouth New Testament For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious, World English Bible For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Young's Literal Translation for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Evil in the Last Days1But 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,… Cross References Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus. Romans 1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. Philippians 2:21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 1 Timothy 1:9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 1 Timothy 3:3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. Treasury of Scripture For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, lovers. 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Romans 15:1-3 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves… 2 Corinthians 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. covetous. Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: boasters. Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. Psalm 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; Psalm 52:1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. proud. Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. blasphemers. Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 1 Timothy 1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. Jump to Previous Abusive Arrogant Authority Bitter Blasphemers Boasters Boastful Covetous Disobedient Evil Fathers Haughty Irreligious Lovers Money Parents Praise Pride Profane Proud Religion Revilers Self Selves Speakers Themselves Ungrateful Unholy Unkind Unthankful Uplifted WordsJump to Next Abusive Arrogant Authority Bitter Blasphemers Boasters Boastful Covetous Disobedient Evil Fathers Haughty Irreligious Lovers Money Parents Praise Pride Profane Proud Religion Revilers Self Selves Speakers Themselves Ungrateful Unholy Unkind Unthankful Uplifted Words2 Timothy 3 1. Paul advises Timothy of the difficult times to come;6. describes the enemies of the truth; 10. explains unto him his own example; 16. and commends the holy Scriptures; (2) For men shall be lovers of their own selves.--Hofmann and others have attempted to portion out these vices into groups. But any such effort seems artificial. A certain connection seems to exist in some part; but when pressed to preserve the groups, a strained meaning has to be given to some of the terms. It seems, therefore, best simply to understand the catalogue as representing the various more prominent vices which appeared on the surface of Christian society, and threatened the very existence of the Church, even in those early times when Timothy ruled over the congregations of Christians at Ephesus. Hofmann, however, divides the catalogue contained in 2Timothy 3:2-4 into three groups, consisting of five, six, and seven terms, respectively. Lovers of their own selves.--Selfishness well heads the dreary list. It is the true root of all sin. Covetous.--More accurately rendered, lovers of money. This "love of money" has been happily termed "the daughter of selfishness." Boasters.--Those who arrogate to themselves honour which does not fairly belong to them. Proud.--These are they who contemptuously look down on others beneath them, either in social position or wealth, or perhaps in natural gifts. The Latin, ostentatio, represents the vice which affects the first of these classes--"the boasters;" and superbia, that which affects the second class--"the proud." Blasphemers.--The two vices just mentioned refer to man's conduct to his brother man; this alludes to his behaviour towards his God. The pride with which he looks down on his fellows develops itself into insolence in thought, if not in word, towards his God: and this is termed blasphemy. Disobedient to parents.--The blasphemer of the Father which is in heaven is only too likely to train up little ones who, in their turn, will display a disobedience and disrespect of their earthly parents. The home life of the man who chooses not to know God in his heart will too easily reflect his evil thoughts and senseless pride. Unthankful.--Or, ungrateful. The children who begin life with disobedience to their parents, with rare exceptions, are ungrateful to all others who may show them kindness in their life journey. Unholy.--Unholy through their want of inward purity. (See 1Timothy 1:9.) . . . Verse 2. - Self for their own selves, A.V.; lovers of money for covetous, A.V.; boastful for boasters, A.V.; haughty for proud, A.V.; railers for blasphemers, A.V. Men (οἱἄνθρωποι); men in general, the bulk of men in the Church; for he is speaking, not of the world at large, but of professing Christians. Lovers of self (φίλαυτοι); only here in the New Testament, and not found in the LXX.; but used by Aristotle in a striking passage (quoted by Alford), where he distinguishes those who are φίλαυτοι in a good sense, and those who are justly blamed for being φίλαυτοι, i.e. selfish and greedy. The Christian character is exactly the opposite (see 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 13:5). Lovers of money (φιλάργυροι); elsewhere in the New Testament only in Luke 16:14, though not uncommon in classical Greek; φιλαργυρία is found in 1 Timothy 6:10. Boastful (ἀλάζονες); as Romans 1:30, and in classical Greek. It the derivation of the word is ἄλη, wandering, we may compare the περιερχόμενοι of Acts 9:13, "vagabond Jews." Such vagabonds were usually boasters. Hence ἀλαζών came to mean "a boaster." Haughty, railers. Υπερηφανία and βλασφημία are coupled together in Mark 7:22; and ὑπερηφάνους and ἀλάζονας in Romans 1:30. In the New Testament βλάσφημος and βλασφημία are most commonly used of evil speaking against God and holy things; but not always (see Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; 1 Timothy 6:4). Here apparently it means generally "evil speakers." Unthankful (ἀχάριστοι); as Luke 6:35. Found occasionally in the LXX., and common in classical Greek. The ingratitude which they showed to their parents was a part of their general character. We ought to take special note of this passive sin - the not being thankful for good received from God and man. Unholy (ἀνόσιοι); as 1 Timothy 1:9 (where see note).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. men ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. will be ἔσονται (esontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. lovers of themselves, φίλαυτοι (philautoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5367: Self-loving, selfish. From philos and autos; fond of self, i.e. Selfish. lovers of money, φιλάργυροι (philargyroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5366: Money-loving, avaricious, covetous. From philos and arguros; fond of silver, i.e. Avaricious. boastful, ἀλαζόνες (alazones) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 213: A boaster, one who gives one's self airs in a loud and flaunting way. From ale; braggart. arrogant, ὑπερήφανοι (hyperēphanoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5244: Proud, arrogant, disdainful. From huper and phaino; appearing above others, i.e. haughty. abusive, βλάσφημοι (blasphēmoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 989: Slanderous; subst: a blasphemer. From a derivative of blapto and pheme; scurrilious, i.e. Calumnious, or impious. disobedient ἀπειθεῖς (apeitheis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 545: Unbelieving, disobedient, who will not be persuaded. Unpersuadable, i.e. Contumacious. to [their] parents, γονεῦσιν (goneusin) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 1118: A begetter, father; plur: parents. From the base of ginomai; a parent. ungrateful, ἀχάριστοι (acharistoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 884: Ungrateful, ungracious, unpleasing. Thankless, i.e. Ungrateful. unholy, ἀνόσιοι (anosioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 462: Unholy, profane. Wicked. Links 2 Timothy 3:2 NIV2 Timothy 3:2 NLT 2 Timothy 3:2 ESV 2 Timothy 3:2 NASB 2 Timothy 3:2 KJV 2 Timothy 3:2 BibleApps.com 2 Timothy 3:2 Biblia Paralela 2 Timothy 3:2 Chinese Bible 2 Timothy 3:2 French Bible 2 Timothy 3:2 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of self (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) |