NIRV1 Timothy 3:1 Here is a saying you can trust. If anyone wants to be a leader in the church, he wants to do a good work for God and people. RSV 1 Timothy 3:1 The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. is a: 1Ti 1:15 1 Ti 4:9 2Ti 2:11 Titus 3:8. Author 2 Timothy 1:1 identifies the author of the Book of 2 Timothy as the apostle Paul. Date of Writing: The Book of 2 Timothy was written in approximately A.D. 67, shortly before the apostle Paul was put to death. Purpose of Writing: Imprisoned in Rome yet again, the apostle Paul felt lonely and abandoned. Paul recognized that his earthly life 2Timothy 3King James Version. 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Itmeans "to contend for if he would gain the great Christian prize. 2 Timothy 2:5. Vincent's Word Studies. Strive for masteries (ἀθλῇ) N.T.o. olxx. Paul uses ἀγωνίζεσθαι (see 1 Corinthians 9:25), which appears also in 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7. For masteries is superfluous. Theywill be men of unscrupulous speech and have no control of themselves. They will be passionate and unprincipled, treacherous, self-willed and conceited, loving all the time what gives them pleasure instead of loving God. They will maintain a facade of “religion”, but their conduct will deny its validity. However we will examine just one more paragraph in the letter— 2 Timothy 3:1–9. The first verse gives the main point of the paragraph. “In the last days distressing times will come” ( 2 Tim. 3:1 ). What the description that follows makes clear, however, is that Timothy is living in these last days already (cf. 2 Tim. 3:2, 5 ). That the Romans1:3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, Romans 3:30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 2Timothy 3. 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of 6lOCLTW.

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