_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 3:1. IN THE LAST DAYS.—In the time just before the Lord’s appearing, in which wickedness will come to a head—a head that will be crushed. PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME.—“Grievous seasons will ensue.” 2 Timothy 3:2. LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES.—“No man ever yet... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 to temptation. 2 Timothy 3:7. NEVER ABLE.—In the nature of things whilst such conditions lasted. TO... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 3:10. BUT THOU HAST FULLY KNOWN.—R.V. “didst follow.” The mental process of investigation and the moral process of imitating the good seem to blend in this expression, as the words following indicate. 2 Timothy 3:11. WHAT PERSECUTIONS I ENDURED.—The old m... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 3:14. KNOWING OF WHOM.—R.V. margin, “Gr. what persons.” The apostle does not take the sole credit of the discipleship of Timothy, whose “faith does not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” 2 Timothy 3:15. FROM A CHILD.—R.V. “a babe,” from... [ Continue Reading ]