2 Timothy 3:2
1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
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,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- KJV
- For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- WEB
- For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- ASV
- For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- DARBY
- for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
- BLB
- For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, verbally abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- ÅB
- For menneskene skal da være egenkjærlige, pengekjære, stortalende, overmodige, spottende, ulydige mot foreldre, utakknemlige, vanhellige,
- OTB
- For mennesker skal være selvopptatte, pengekjære, skrytende, hovmodige, baktalere, ulydige mot foreldre, utakknemlige, vanhellige,
- B1930
- For menneskene skal da være egenkjærlige, pengekjære, stortalende, overmodige, spottende, ulydige mot foreldre, utakknemlige, vanhellige,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextRomans 1:29–31
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Read in contextJude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
Read in contextPsalms 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:4
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Read in context2 Peter 2:14–15
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextColossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
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