What does 2 Timothy 3:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobatea concerning the faith."
2 TIMOTHY 3:8 VIa,nnhj kai. VIambrh/j Instead of VIa,nnhj C* Euthaliusms* read VIwa,nnhj, and instead of VIambrh/j certain Western witnesses (F G itd, g vg goth Cyprian Hippolytus Lucifer Ambrosiast...
Verse 8. _NOW AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES_] This refers to the history of the Egyptian magicians, given in Exodus 7, where see the notes (Exodus 7:11, Exodus 7:12), and particularly the conc...
NOW AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES - The names of these two men are not elsewhere mentioned in the Bible. They are supposed to have been two of the magicians who resisted Moses (Exodus 7:11, et...
III. THE LAST DAYS AND THEIR PERILS CHAPTER 3 __ 1. The characteristics of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1) 2. What the last days mean for the true believer (2 Timothy 3:8) 3. The need of the Word o...
2 Timothy 3:1 to 2 Timothy 4:8. CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING FUTURE ERROR. (_a_) 2 TIMOTHY 3:1. FUTURE ERROR AND ITS PRESENT GERMS. Timothy must consider future as well as present dangers. As the Seco...
TIMES OF TERROR (2 Timothy 3:1) _ 3:1 You must realize this--that in the last days difficult times will set in._ The early Church lived in an age when the time was waxing late; they expected the Sec...
AS. Literally in the manner in which. JANNES AND JAMBRES. The names of the magicians of Exodus 7:11. Found in the Targum of Jonathan. WITHSTOOD. Greek. _anthistemi_. Translated nine times "resist",...
_Now as Jannes and Jambres_ AND LIKE AS; the conjunction should be translated -now" only when there is more of a fresh departure; the present is only a small additional paragraph. Jannes and Jambres a...
THE CORRUPTIONS OF THE FUTURE...
ΤΡΌΠΟΣ (G5158) образ; наречный _асс._: каким образом (RWP). ΙΆΝΝΗΣ ΚΑΊ ΊΑΜΒΡΉΣ. Об иудейских ссылках на Ианния и Иамврия _см._ SB, 3:660-64; CD 5:18; ABD, 3:638-40; ZPEB, 3:403-5. ΆΝΤΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. i...
AS JANNES AND JAMBRES— Jannes and Jambres are not mentioned Exodus 7 nor any where else in the Old Testament; but their names are said to be mentioned, though with some variety as to the spelling, in...
PART TWO _Warnings 3:1-4:5_ 1. RECOGNIZE THE COMING APOSTASY 2 Timothy 3:1-9 _TEXT 3:1-9_ 1 But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come, 2 For men shall be lovers of self, lover...
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. NOW - Greek, 'But.' It is no wonder there should be now such opp...
8 The literal resurrection of Christ as the Seed of David seems to be the apostle's answer to the theory of a spiritual resurrection. The Seed of David can be nothing less than a literal Man. 10 'The...
3:8 faith. (k-28) Or 'as regards faith.'...
WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS REGARDING THE LAST DAYS 1-9. In the days immediately preceding the Second Coming, the Lord had taught that iniquity would abound. St. Paul reminds Timothy of this truth as a...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 EVIL PERSONS IN THE LAST DAYS (3:1-9) V1 You should be aware that in the last days life will be very diffi...
NOW AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES. — To one brought up, like Timothy, by a pious Jewish mother, and who from a child knew the Holy Scriptures and all the history and ancient traditions connect...
Evil times are upon us; we have indeed amongst us specimens of the perennial impostor, worthy successors of Jannes and Jambres. The shortlived nature of their success, will be, however, patent to all....
A DARK PICTURE OF EVIL MEN 2 Timothy 3:1 The last days of the present age are to be black and sorrowful. Sinful rejection of Christ will come to a head. We must not be misled by the wide-spread prof...
Clearly seeing trouble coming from the teaching of those who were ''holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof," the apostle referred to his own manner of life and service as aff...
THE WORK OF APOSTATES The hypocritical men Paul had just described would sneak into the homes of the saints and take advantage of the unsuspecting nature of women. Particularly, the silly, or little...
Jannes and Mambres. The names of the magicians, who in Egypt, resisted Moses, says St. John Chrysostom, and though not mentioned in the Scriptures, their names might be known by tradition. (Witham) --...
(1) В¶ 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, unh...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
8_And as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses _This comparison confirms what I have already said about the “last times”, for he means that the same thing happens to us under the gospel, which the Church...
Now this evil influence would too surely be exercised. The power of the holy truth of God would be lost in the assembly and among Christians; and those who bore this name would become (under the influ...
NOW AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES,.... These were not Jews, who rose up and opposed Moses, as Dathan and Abiram did, as some have thought; but Egyptian magicians, the chief of those that Phara...
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. Ver. 8. _Now as Jannes and Jambres_] Numenius the Pythagorean calle...
_Now as Jannes and Jambres_ Some ancient writers speak of these persons as the chief of Pharaoh's magicians, whose names, though not recorded by Moses, yet being handed down by tradition, are preserve...
JANNES AND JAMBRES; traditional names of two of the Egyptian magicians. WITHSTOOD MOSES; Exodus 7:11. THESE; these corrupt teachers. RESIST THE TRUTH; by pretending to be Christ's, and yet opposing...
NOW, AS JANNES AND JAMBRES WITHSTOOD MOSES, SO DO THESE ALSO RESIST THE TRUTH; MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS, REPROBATE CONCERNING THE FAITH....
When Paul wrote this to Timothy, "the last days" had not yet come, so it is evident that the epistle is not written strictly for Timothy personally, but for every individual believer who would follow...
REPROBATE: Or, of no judgment...
1-9 Even in gospel times there would be perilous times; on account of persecution from without, still more on account of corruptions within. Men love to gratify their own lusts, more than to please G...
OLBGrk; Concerning this resistance of Moses by JANNES AND JAMBRES, the Holy Scripture saith nothing but in this text. It is said by interpreters, that they were two brethren, the chief of Pharaoh's m...
Tertullian On Idolatry So, too, that other species of magic which operates by miracles, emulous even in opposition to Moses,[54] Origen Against Celsus Book IV , he quotes also a narrative regarding...
2 Timothy 3:8 G3739 Now G1161 as G5158 Jannes G2389 and G2532 Jambres G2387 resisted G436 (G5627) Moses G3475 so G3779 do G436 these G3778 also G2532 resist G436 (G5731) truth G225 men G444 corrupt G2...
SECTION 3. THOSE WHO ARE TRULY THE LORD'S MUST EQUIP THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE GRIEVOUS TIMES THAT ARE COMING (2 TIMOTHY 2:19 TO 2 TIMOTHY 3:17). Having called on him to endure...
2 Timothy 3:8. JANNES AND JAMBRES. The names do not appear in the Pentateuch or elsewhere in the Old Testament. They are found in the Targum or Paraphrase of Exodus 7:11; Exodus 22:11, ascribed to Jon...
LIKE AS (ον τροπον). "In which manner." Adverbial accusative and incorporation of the antecedent τροπον into the relative clause.JANNES AND JAMBRES (Ιαννης κα Ιαμβρης). Traditional names of the m...
2 Timothy 3:1. _This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful...
CONTENTS: Apostasy predicted. The believer's resource, the Scriptures. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Jannes, Jambres, Moses. CONCLUSION: The last days of the Gospel dispensation will be perilou...
2 Timothy 3:1. _In the last days perilous times shall come._ So the Spirit expressly spake when the measure of the jews should be full, when they should even deliver up their relatives to death, and w...
AS JANNES AND JAMBRES. These are the traditional names of Pharaoh's chief sorcerers, who opposed Moses (Exodus 7:11). OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH. Like Elymas (Acts 13:8 and note). Paul must mean that some o...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 3:8 JANNES AND JAMBRES are the names given in early extrabiblical Jewish writings to the Egyptian magicians who OPPOSED MOSES in Exodus 7:8. In these writings, these men sy...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 3:6. SILLY WOMEN.—The diminutive term (“little women”) is not found again in New Testament. The contemptuous epithet indicates their weakness and proneness...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 3:1 _But know this _for _this know also_,_ _A.V.; _grievous _for _perilous_,_ _A.V. GRIEVOUS TIMES (καιροὶ χαλεποί)._ _"Grievous" is not a very good rendering. "Perilous," tho...
Ver. 8. _Now in the same manner_ (ὃν τρόπον δὲ) _that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth._ The reference to these ancient magicians shows, as already stated, the...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? Paul said to Timothy, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come (2 Timothy 3:1). It is interesting that the Scr...
1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1; 1 Kings 22:22; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 13:5; 2 Corinthians 13:6;...
As [ο ν τ ρ ο π ο ν]. The formula occurs in the Synoptic Gospels (see Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34), and in Acts (i. 11; Acts 7:28), but not in Paul. Jannes and Jambres. According to tradition, the names...
Several ancient writers speak of Jannes and Jambres, as the chief of the Egyptian magicians. Men of corrupt minds — Impure notions and wicked inclinations. Void of judgment — Quite ignorant, as well a...
Jannes and Jambres were two famous magicians in Egypt, who withstood Moses when he was working miracles before Pharaoh to hinder him from believing; their names are not mentioned in scripture, but tak...