# 2 Timothy 03 📖: All Scripture Is Inspired [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-2 Timothy Overview]] | [[2 Timothy 02]] | [[2 Timothy 04]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Ministry in the Last Days **Principle**: Bad times will come. [[#Verse 01.]] But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.  [[#Verse 02.]] For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,  [[#Verse 03.]] unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,  [[#Verse 04.]] treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.  [[#Verse 05.]] They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.  [[#Verse 06.]] For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.  [[#Verse 07.]] Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.  [[#Verse 08.]] And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people—who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith—also oppose the truth.  [[#Verse 09.]] But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. ### Continue in What You Have Learned **Principle**: Stand strong during sufffering. [[#Verse 10.]] You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,  [[#Verse 11.]] as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.  [[#Verse 12.]] Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.  [[#Verse 13.]] But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse,deceiving others and being deceived themselves.  [[#Verse 14.]] You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you  [[#Verse 15.]] and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.  [[#Verse 16.]] ==Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, == [[#Verse 17.]] ==that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.== ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. Vv13-14: [[M0024- How the Bible stops mass deception]] ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. "Inspired by God" (3:16) translates *theopneustos*, "God-breathed," a word found only here in the New Testament. 2. In the New Testament, "the last days" refers to the whole time between Christ's first and second coming (Acts 2:17; Hebrews 1:2). 3. Jannes and Jambres (3:8) are not named in the Old Testament. Jewish tradition gave these names to Pharaoh's magicians (Exodus 7:11). 4. Paul's sufferings in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra (3:11) happened in Timothy's home region (Acts 13-14). 5. The "holy writings" Timothy knew from childhood (3:15) were the Old Testament Scriptures. 6. The list of vices in 3:2-4 begins with lovers of self and ends with lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. 7. Paul warns about false teachers who slip into households (3:6). 8. "Equipped" (3:17) translates a word used for something fully outfitted, such as a ship ready to sail. 9. Peter places Paul's letters alongside "the rest of the Scriptures" (2 Peter 3:16). 10. "Outward appearance" of religion (3:5) uses a word for outward shape or form. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One in whom salvation comes through faith, and the holy writings make us wise for that salvation (3:15). All the Scriptures point to Him (Luke 24:27). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Paul describes people in the last days as lovers of self and lovers of money (3:1-5). Which of these traits do you see in our culture, and in yourself? 2. All who want to live godly lives in Christ will be persecuted (3:12). How should that shape our expectations? 3. Scripture is inspired and useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (3:16-17). How has Scripture done each of these in your life? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verses 1-5: In the last days people will be lovers of self and money, keeping an outward form of religion but denying its power. - 📖 verse 12: All who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. - 📖 verses 14-15: From childhood Timothy knew the holy writings that make one wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. - 📖 verses 16-17: Every Scripture is inspired by God and useful to equip God's servant for every good work. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Acts 14#Verse 19.|Acts 14:19-22]] - Paul's sufferings at Lystra. - 🔗 [[John 15#Verse 20.|John 15:20]] - If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you. - 🔗 [[Exodus 07#Verse 11.|Exodus 7:11]] - Pharaoh's magicians oppose Moses. - 🔗 [[2 Peter 01#Verse 20.|2 Peter 1:20-21]] - Prophecy came as people were carried along by the Spirit. - 🔗 [[Psalm 119#Verse 105.|Psalm 119:105]] - Your word is a lamp to my feet. - 🔗 [[Luke 24#Verse 27.|Luke 24:27]] - Jesus explains the Scriptures about Himself. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[2 Timothy 03 - SOAP|Don’t Be Surprised By Difficulty]] ## 📂 Internal Notes