2 timothy 3:12 explained10 marca 2023
The word here is makrothumia ( G3115) ; and makrothumia, as the Greeks used it, usually meant patience with people. And may not their freedom from it prove that they have surrendered the principles of their religion, where they should have stood firm, though the world were arrayed against them? There would come a kind of terrible flowering of evil, when the moral foundations seemed to be shaken. When children are disobedient to their parents, and break through the obligations which they lie under to them both in duty and gratitude, and frequently in interest, having their dependence upon them and their expectation from them, they make the times perilous; for what wickedness will those stick at who will be abusive to their own parents and for it is evident that there have been many godly persons who have never suffered banishment, or imprisonment, or flight, or any kind of persecution. And Paul said, You've known the Holy Scriptures, able to bring you to a faith in Jesus Christ, salvation through the faith in Jesus Christ. Moreover, as soon as zeal for God is manifested by a believer, it kindles the rage of all ungodly men; and, although they have not a drawn sword, yet they vomit out their venom, either by murmuring, or by slander, or by raising a disturbance, or by other methods. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. A true insight would have made them recognise in Jesus the Messiah for whom they waited. Originally the alazon ( G213) was a wandering quack. The New Testament had not yet been canonized. We're going to drown in our own corruption. God wants you to be complete. And the word perfect of course is always that of completeness. He says that in them difficult times would set in. It answers all the ends of divine revelation. She had been finding life, as she herself said, futile and meaningless. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord" (there must, I suppose, have been some ground for the exhortation), "nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God; who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began." He tells such women that by his spells and incantations he can enable them to prophesy. It is no accident that the first of these qualities will be a life that is centred in self. Now these seem to many very difficult indeed to combine. There were those who would revenge themselves on an enemy by informing against him. The qualities he lists are not qualifications in the sense that anyone who fulfils these requirements is an elder (for such a person may not have the elder-shepherd qualities outlined above). 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." (ii) The Scriptures are of use in teaching. 2 Timothy 3:12. 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. We have already seen that that teaching issued in one of two things. 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. Love of self is the basic sin, from with all others flow. Then are we Christ's disciples indeed, John 8:31. In either case the word describes a certain harshness of mind which separates a man from his fellow-men in unrelenting bitterness. It is easy for a professed Christian to avoid persecution, if he yields every point in which religion is opposed to the world. Consider of whom thou hast learned them; not of evil men and seducers, but good men, who had themselves experienced the power of the truths they taught thee, and been ready to suffer for them, and thereby would give the fullest evidence of their belief of these truths." The study of the Scriptures trains a man in righteousness until he is equipped for every good work. Thus the apostle comes to the close of his ministry, and touches upon the line of St. John. To the Greek it was anosios ( G462) to refuse burial to the dead; it was anosios ( G462) for a brother to marry a sister, or a son a mother. If what be claims for scripture is true of the Old Testament, how much truer it is of the still more precious words of the New. They just are irritated by your love and by your patience and by your goodness because they feel guilty. When the Lord was entering on His ministry He says, "Woman, what have I to do with thee?" It was not then an indifferent matter to God. That is to say, they go through all the correct movements and maintain all the external forms of religion; but they know nothing of Christianity as a dynamic power which changes the lives of men. by George Whitefield. The reason is manifest: they themselves savour of the things of men, and not of God. The prophets and apostles did not speak from themselves, but what they received of the Lord that they delivered unto us. There is the idea of menace and of danger in this word. Those who deceive others do but deceive themselves; those who draw others into error run themselves into more and more mistakes, and they will find it so at last, to their cost. They're profitable for doctrine. Men would be headlong in words and action. What am I to believe about sin? 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. And I filed many scriptures in that file. Parakolouthein ( G3877) is indeed the word for the disciple, for it includes the unwavering loyalty of the true comrade, the full understanding of the true scholar and the complete obedience of the dedicated servant. At any rate the apostle presses this very strongly on Timothy. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain . We are not meant to titillate our minds with the latest intellectual crazes; we are meant to purify and strengthen ourselves in the moral battle to live the Christian life. A man has sunk far when he finds even the presence of good people something which he would only wish to avoid. Years later that same brigand turned up again. Observe, (1.) In short, let us know that we are Christians on this condition, that we shall be liable to many tribulations and various contests. of Who is talking all these words without knowledge? "It denotes living in the right attitude to God and to things divine. Then the apostle brings out most important directions for the days that were then coming in, but now come, and more. "Put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit but to the subverting of the hearers. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. Yet. It is a duty in the present state of confusion to use scriptural means; and here we have our warrant, as in the epistles we find more. 3. There was the great trade route from the Euphrates valley which came by way of Colosse and Laodicea and poured the wealth of the east into the lap of Ephesus. God wants us each to take His power, His love, and His calm thinking and overcome fear, to be used of Him with all the gifts He gives. The early Church lived in an age when the time was waxing late; they expected the Second Coming at any moment. That the man of God may be perfect,2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:17. It is a great happiness to know the holy scriptures from our childhood; and children should betimes get the knowledge of the scriptures. The essence of Christianity is not the enthronement but the obliteration of self. "Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry." Jambres. The Greek moralists wrote much about this word. It may flourish for a time, but when it is exposed to the light of truth it is bound to shrivel and die. His own desire after going to the Lord did not prevent this, but the reverse: "that I may be filled with joy: when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also." God takes care of His people, and ensures them a blessed end. The nature of its doctrine was no way likely to command success: (1) it condemns all other religions, some established for ages; (2) it enjoins precepts ungrateful to flesh and blood, the mortifying of the flesh, the love of enemies, and the bearing of the cross; (3) it enforces these seemingly unreasonable precepts by promises seemingly incredible; not good things such as afford complacency to our senses, but such as cannot be obtained till after this life, and presuppose what then seemed impossible, the resurrection; (4) it predicts to its followers what would seem sure to keep most of the world from embracing it, persecutions. So you have to be careful when you start chipping it away at one side because the whole thing will come down on you. The whole concept of redemption is wrapped up in the Old Testament. There might be a mixture of timid shrinking from pain and shame. For "all scripture is given by inspiration of God. That is why the church which has no Bible Class is a church in whose work an essential element is missing. This is evidently not the true remedy to abandon the confession of Christ: only an apostate could think of it. That is, he must first labour, and then partake of the fruits. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; "And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.". He did not pull down by his living what he built up by his preaching. He directs him to keep close to a good education, and particularly to what he had learned out of the holy scriptures (2 Timothy 3:14; 2 Timothy 3:15): Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned. SEDUCTION IN THE NAME OF RELIGION ( 2 Timothy 3:6-7 ). In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN. He is the man whom God resists, for it is repeatedly said in scripture, that God receives the humble but resists the man who is proud, huperephanos ( G5244) ( James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 3:24). If they contradict the teaching of the Bible, they are to be refused. 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. I am reminded of the prophet of God who spoke concerning Israel, and he said, "They have sown the wind, and now they must reap the whirlwind" ( Hosea 8:7 ). Why? We must remember that Timothy's work lay in Ephesus, perhaps the greatest market in the ancient world. 12And all who wish to live a godly life (186) Having mentioned his own persecutions, he likewise adds now, that nothing has happened to him which does not await all the godly. The world really doesn't admire true Christian traits. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, Timothy, again, winced under trials, too sensitive to slights, disappointments, and the manifold griefs that came upon him. Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel." And so Paul said to Timothy, "You have fully known". There is slander enough in many a church to make the recording angel weep as he records it. "Every scripture" for this is the proper force of the passage "Every scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.". Difficult is the Greek word chalepos ( G5467) . If Timothy wishes to live godly in Christ, he must make up his mind to encounter. Then in 2 Timothy 3:1-17 he proceeds to show us not merely a picture of the condition that Christianity will fall into, but, besides, a state of things that would be produced by this confusion. The page number in Thayer is given, and the column on the page follows the hyphens. The whole idea is that of thoroughly fitting you as an instrument that God can use. 2 Timothy 3:12, CSB: In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. It describes the man who is swept on by passion and impulse to such an extent that he is totally unable to think sensibly. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (it was what Timothy was manifesting), "but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 3:14-17 But as for you, remain loyal to the things which you have learned, and in which your belief has been confirmed, for you know from whom you learned them, and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that will bring you salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus. The word of God is the foundation for doctrine. Here is the essential conclusion. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1977. The doctrine of the necessity of persecution was no new thing to Paul. ", The Bible tells about God giving people over to reprobate minds, men who resist God and the truth of God. To take pains and to endure are requisite even in what pertains to this life. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. The technique would be the same in the days of Timothy as it was in the later days of Irenaeus. Truth and holiness and endurance are wanted, not authority or outward order. This is a very striking word. . Xenophon in the Memorabilia tells how Socrates utterly condemned such impostors. But God prepares the instruments through which He works and the most important preparation is through the Word of God. We have already seen how secluded the life of the respectable Greek woman was, how she was brought up under the strictest supervision, how she was not allowed "to see anything, to hear anything, or to ask any questions," how she never appeared, even on a shopping expedition, alone on the streets, how she was never allowed even to appear at a public meeting. That the man of God may be perfect ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). He speaks of "all God-inspired scripture." shall suffer persecution; it is the will of God, and the appointment of heaven; Christ has foretold it, that so it shall be; and he the head has suffered it himself, and it is necessary that his members should, that they may be conformed unto him; it is the way Christ himself went to glory, and through many tribulations his people must enter the kingdom; and this is the common lot and certain case of all the saints, in one shape or another; for though all do not suffer confiscation of goods, beating, scourging, imprisonment, or a violent death; yet all are more or less afflicted and distressed by wicked men, and are subject to their reproaches and revilings, which are a branch of persecution; and that for professing Christ, and living a godly life in him and under his influence: and since such suffer as Christians, and not as evildoers; and this is the common condition of the people of God, in this world, it should not be thought strange, but be cheerfully endured; to encourage to which is the apostle's view in this passage. "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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