2 Timothy 3:12 New International Version 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, Read full chapter 2 Timothy 3:12 in all English translations 2 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 4 New International Version (NIV) Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Some of you here are victims of broken covenants. It is given by inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:16), and therefore is his word. It is a great happiness to know the holy scriptures from our childhood; and children should betimes get the knowledge of the scriptures. 2 Timothy 3:12 - KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE This is the right thing to do. Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. Promotions are withheld, invitations are denied, and a snickering unpopularity are the daily portion of many precious souls working in a hostile, atheistic environment. And there's such a complete, total absence of love. The emphasis of so many people is just on being beautiful, lovers of themselves. THE QUALITIES OF GODLESSNESS ( 2 Timothy 3:2-5 ). He read them and never rested until he obtained the rest of the Bible. When we know the afflictions of good people but in part, they are a temptation to us to decline that cause which they suffer for; when we know only the hardships they undergo for Christ, we may be ready to say, "We will renounce that cause that is likely to cost us so dear in the owning of it;" but when we fully know the afflictions, not only how they suffer, but how they are supported and comforted under their sufferings, then, instead of being discouraged, we shall be animated by them, especially considering that we are told before that we must count upon such things (2 Timothy 3:12; 2 Timothy 3:12): All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution: not always alike; at that time those who professed the faith of Christ were more exposed to persecution than at other times; but at all times, more or less, those who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. What Does 2 Timothy 3:12 Mean? - Verse of the day And so there comes that point where they will proceed no further: "their folly becomes manifest to all men", as Jannes and Jambres also was. Accordingly, in much grief of heart, the apostle writes to his tried and trembling child in the faith, and seeks to strengthen him, above all things not to be discouraged, and to make up his mind to endure hard things. There is teaching. We've just experienced a tremendous demonstration of that in the Los Angeles basin in the last couple of weeks. 2. At first these magicians were able to match the wonders which Moses and Aaron did, but in the end they were defeated and discredited. And that is precisely what Christianity demands that a man should do. [3.] 1 Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God according to c the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, and led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth ( 2 Timothy 3:5-7 ). If Timothy would adhere to the truth as he had been taught it, this would arm him against the snares and insinuations of seducers. Vincente Quiroga of Chile found a few pages of a book washed up on the seashore by a tidal wave following an earthquake. Not so the apostle Paul. That is the inevitable way to ruin, for no man can master anything unless he first masters himself. It will be getting better a little further down the road, but evil days are going to wax worse and worse, until the Lord takes His church out and then God judges the world for its unrighteousness and ungodliness. 2 Timothy 3:12. 2. "It denotes living in the right attitude to God and to things divine. Paul instructed Timothy concerning what God had revealed would take place in the last days. "To make thee wise to salvation through faith." Paul "the aged," as he says, was just about to leave this world. And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. [2.] If anyone proposes to introduce into his life a loyalty which surpasses all earthly loyalties, there are bound to be clashes. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Whatever therefore may be right in certain cases, the assembly of God ought never to be forced to put every case on the same dead level ought never to be bound by any special process, as if it were unalterable. It was the glory of the Jews that their children from their earliest days were trained in the law. And, let every one that nameth the name" not of "Christ," but "of the Lord depart from iniquity." It is the Greek parakolouthein ( G3877) and literally means to follow alongside; but it is used with a magnificent width of meaning. This the apostle guards Timothy against, and indeed ourselves, he warns him how seduction would go on more and more, but "from such turn away." In other words, you may go along for a while, but ultimately it's going to catch up with you. Note, It is not enough to learn that which is good, but we must continue in it, and persevere in it unto the end. The New Testament had not yet been canonized. Such is the meaning of purging himself. Or life, or death, or life after death? Now when Moses appeared before Pharaoh and he threw down his rod and it turned into a snake, you'll remember that Pharaoh's magicians threw down their rods and they also became snakes, but Moses' snake swallowed theirs. Any conversion which makes a man think of nothing but the fact that he has been saved is no true conversion. Now they're right out where little kids can go in and pick them up and leaf through them. Don't expect the world to admire your godly stance. The scriptures are profitable to establish the foundation of my beliefs. Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. In his own neighbourhood he had seen Paul suffer because of his devotion to Christ (10-12; cf. I believe that God intended you to have pleasure, but when it comes before God, it means that it has become your God and it makes a very poor God to worship or serve. Every man doing his own thing or every man believing as he wants. A whole collection of stories gathered round their names. His connection with the church, but "of the seed of David," the fulfiller of the promises, and object of the prophecies. And those who wish to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted; while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceived themselves and deceiving others. So the Greek word that is used here to describe these that are going around, leading captive the silly women, is the same Greek word that was used to describe quackery, and that's probably they're quacks, Paul is saying. It describes, not the spirit which accepts life, but the spirit which masters it. If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? Jambres. 2 Timothy - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org (186) Et tous ceux aussi qui veulent vivre en la crainte de Dieu. And all those also who wish to live in the fear of God., (187) Que rien ne luy est advenu que tous fideles ne doyvent aussi attendre. That nothing has happened to him which all believers must not also look for.. (8) Using the boldness God gives, don't be ashamed of the imprisoned apostle. And when you lose authority you have anarchy. Noah, the earth was really flooded? The cause of the perilous times are found in the things that people will be doing, and at the top of the list. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. He wants to accustom his mind to expect hardship instead of shirking it. There might be a mixture of timid shrinking from pain and shame. The word is almost exactly the English swelled-headed. The Greek is hupomone ( G5281) , which means not a passive sitting down and bearing things but a triumphant facing of them so that even out of evil there can come good. (1) To exhort Timothy in his ministry at Ephesus; (2) To warn Timothy of trouble both inside and outside the church; (3) To request Timothy to come to Rome to visit him in prison and bring certain personal effects to him (4:5-13; 21); and (4) To instruct all the churches in Timothy's territory. A. Characteristics of the last days 3:1-13. He was to remember, then, "that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel: wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound." Paul goes on to other qualities of an apostle. Men will be thankless (acharistos, G884) . But yet it is absolutely unavoidable that all of them shall have the world for their enemy in some form or other, that their faith may be tried and their steadfastness proved; for Satan, who is the continual enemy of Christ, will never suffer any one to be at peace during his whole life; and there will always be wicked men that are thorns in our sides. "[21] See also under 1Thessalonians 3:3. It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it. In 2Baruch we get an even more vivid picture of the moral chaos of these last times: And envy shall rise in those who had not thought ought of. Regardless of the persecution, it is our duty to live in such a way that the world will know that we are Christians. The more the person who lives godly and righteous in Christ stands out. The essence of persecution consists in subjecting a person to injury or disadvantage on account of his opinions. It is something more than meeting his opinions by argument, which is always right and proper; it is inflicting some injury on him; depriving him of some privilege, or right; subjecting him to some disadvantage, or placing him in less favorable circumstances, on account of his sentiments. All God-inspired scripture is useful for teaching, for the conviction of error, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. Now many people have a legitimate and proper desire to be used of God. Such offence can and does happen yet. That which finishes a man of God in this world is the scripture. 4. God wants you to be complete. Look what they did to Jesus, and Jesus said, "If they persecuted me, they're going to persecute you" ( John 15:20 ). She doesn't have the time to prepare the meal on Friday evening and we'll go out on Friday night. "I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears."
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