1 Γίνωσκε δε τούτο, ότι εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις θέλουσιν ελθεί καιροί κακοί· 2 διότι θέλουσιν είσθαι οι άνθρωποι φίλαυτοι, φιλάργυροι, αλαζόνες, υπερήφανοι, βλάσφημοι, απειθείς εις τους γονείς, αχάριστοι, ανόσιοι, 3 άσπλαγχνοι, αδιάλλακτοι, συκοφάνται, ακρατείς, ανήμεροι, αφιλάγαθοι, 4 προδόται, προπετείς, τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδονοι μάλλον παρά φιλόθεοι, 5 έχοντες μεν μορφήν ευσεβείας, ηρνημένοι δε την δύναμιν αυτής. Και τούτους φεύγε. 6 Διότι εκ τούτων είναι εκείνοι, οίτινες εισχωρούσιν εις τας οικίας και αιχμαλωτίζουσι τα γυναικάρια τα πεφορτισμένα αμαρτίας, συρόμενα υπό διαφόρων επιθυμιών, 7 τα οποία πάντοτε μανθάνουσι και ποτέ δεν δύνανται να έλθωσιν εις την γνώσιν της αληθείας. 8 Και καθ' ον τρόπον ο Ιαννής και Ιαμβρής αντέστησαν εις τον Μωϋσήν, ούτω και αυτοί ανθίστανται εις την αλήθειαν, άνθρωποι διεφθαρμένοι τον νούν, αδόκιμοι εις την πίστιν. 9 Αλλά δεν θέλουσι προκόψει πλειότερον· διότι η ανοησία αυτών θέλει γείνει κατάδηλος εις πάντας, καθώς και η εκείνων έγεινε. 10 Συ όμως παρηκολούθησας την διδασκαλίαν μου, την διαγωγήν, την πρόθεσιν, την πίστιν, την μακροθυμίαν, την αγάπην, την υπομονήν, 11 τους διωγμούς, τα παθήματα, οποία μοι συνέβησαν εν Αντιοχεία, εν Ικονίω, εν Λύστροις· οποίους διωγμούς υπέφερα, και εκ πάντων με ηλευθέρωσεν ο Κύριος. 12 Και πάντες δε οι θέλοντες να ζώσιν ευσεβώς εν Χριστώ Ιησού θέλουσι διωχθή. 13 Πονηροί δε άνθρωποι και γόητες θέλουσι προκόψει εις το χείρον, πλανώντες και πλανώμενοι. 14 Αλλά συ μένε εις εκείνα, τα οποία έμαθες και επιστώθης, εξεύρων παρά τίνος έμαθες, 15 και ότι από βρέφους γνωρίζεις τα ιερά γράμματα, τα δυνάμενα να σε σοφίσωσιν εις σωτηρίαν διά της πίστεως της εν Χριστώ Ιησού. 16 Όλη η γραφή είναι θεόπνευστος και ωφέλιμος προς διδασκαλίαν, προς έλεγχον, προς επανόρθωσιν, προς εκπαίδευσιν την μετά της δικαιοσύνης, 17 διά να ήναι τέλειος ο άνθρωπος του Θεού, ητοιμασμένος εις παν έργον αγαθόν
2 Timothy · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Timothy 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
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Jambres
Named in 2 Timothy as one of two men who opposed Moses, as the false teachers oppose the truth; they are traditionally Pharaoh's magicians.
Cited in the guide: 2 Timothy 3:8
Jannes
Named in 2 Timothy as one of two men who opposed Moses, as the false teachers oppose the truth; they are traditionally Pharaoh's magicians.
Cited in the guide: 2 Timothy 3:8
Cross references (17)
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- 1 2 Peter 3:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; 1 John 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
- 2 Philippians 2:21; Romans 1:29–31; Jude 16; Psalm 10:3; 2 Timothy 3:4
- 3 Jude 18; Romans 1:31; Matthew 10:21; 2 Peter 2:14; 1 Timothy 3:11
- 4 Philippians 3:18–19; 1 Timothy 3:6; Jude 4; 2 Peter 2:10–22; Jude 8–9
- 5 Isaiah 29:13; Titus 1:16; Matthew 23:27–28; 1 Timothy 5:8; Romans 2:20–24
- 6 Jude 4; Titus 3:3; 2 Peter 3:17; Jude 18; Titus 1:11
- 7 2 Timothy 4:3–4; Ephesians 4:14; 1 Timothy 2:4; Proverbs 14:6; John 5:44
- 8 Acts 13:8–11; Exodus 7:11; Revelation 2:20; 1 Timothy 6:5; Revelation 2:14–15
- 9 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 7:12; Jeremiah 28:15–17; Exodus 9:11; Psalm 76:10
- 10 1 Timothy 6:11; Titus 2:7; 2 Peter 1:5–7; 1 Timothy 4:6; Philippians 2:22
- 11 Psalm 34:19; Acts 14:5–6; 2 Corinthians 11:23–28; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:19–21
- 12 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:12–16; 1 Peter 2:20–21; Acts 14:22; Matthew 16:24
- 13 1 Timothy 4:1; Titus 3:3; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:6–11
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:2; 2 Timothy 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 10:22
- 15 Psalm 119:98–99; Luke 24:45; Proverbs 22:6; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Matthew 22:29
- 16 Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Mark 12:24; Psalm 19:7–11
- 17 2 Timothy 2:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:11; Hebrews 10:24
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
He had said in the former Epistle, that "the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith" (1 Tim. iv.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
For, being driven away from Him who truly is [God], and being turned backwards, he shall be for ever seeking, yet shall never find out God; but shall continually swim in an abyss without limits, unless, being converted by repentance, he return to the place from which he had been cast out, confessing one God, the Father, the Creator, and …
… a reply to every exception which you hear taken to what you read in it; for so you would become like those silly women of whom the apostle says that they are "always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Chapter 2 — Recapitulation of the Contents of the First Book In the foregoing book, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
All Scripture, then, is given by inspiration of God and is also assuredly profitable.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… inharmoniously, and foolishly, not keeping always to the same opinions with regard to the same things, as blind men are led by the blind, they shall deservedly fall into the ditch of ignorance lying in their path, ever seeking and never finding out the truth. It behoves us, therefore, to avoid their doctrines, and to take careful heed lest we …