2 timothy 3:12 explained

It is the ability to accept the folly, the perversity, the blindness, the ingratitude of men and still to remain gracious, and still to toil on. Acts 13:50; Acts 14:5-6,Acts 14:19; Acts 16:1-2). At "that day" will be the display of whatever has been endured, as well as done, for the Lord's sake. John 15:19; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 10:38-39, 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 it; in whom their life is hid, and who live by faith upon him; all such that live, and that will live so, are desirous of living after this manner; in whom God has wrought in them both to will and to do, and are concerned when it is otherwise with them: these. The more the person who lives godly and righteous in Christ stands out. Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. 1. Comp. To take pains and to endure are requisite even in what pertains to this life. Again and again Scripture has opened for men and women the way to God. Don't start messing with it. 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 Irenaeus draws a vivid picture of the methods of just such a teacher in his day. "Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God." There was the road from north Asia Minor and from Galatia which came in via Sardis. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Braggart has an interesting derivation. 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. It is used by ancient writers on astrology to describe what we would call a threatening conjunction of the heavenly bodies. But God prepares the instruments through which He works and the most important preparation is through the Word of God. Closely allied with the braggart, but--as we shall see--even worse, is the man who is arrogant. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. [4.] Thou hast fully known my afflictions. The scriptures are able to make us truly wise, wise for our souls and another world. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known At Ephesus some of the greatest roads in the world met. 2 Timothy 3:12 Context. The persecutions today may not be the same Paul had to withstand, but persecutions of some type will confront us from time to time. Activity of service was no longer before him. First, there are the duties of an apostle. We're going to drown in our own corruption. When a man's language becomes filthy, obscene and crude, it shows that there's something wrong with him. Resurrection is the form and character of the lowest blessings of which Jesus is the dispenser; much more is He risen to exalt God in the highest. Verse 1. And this, I apprehend, is the reason. Those ministers are likely to do good, and leave lasting fruits of their labours, whose manner of life agrees with their doctrine; as, on the contrary, those cannot expect to profit the people at all that preach well and live ill. 3. He opened out the pages to make it burn more easily. It follows from this: (1) that they who make a profession of religion, should come prepared to be persecuted. Years later that same brigand turned up again. Look at the magazines that were once really under the counter kind of stuff and sold illegally. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. A word altogether unbecoming in one mouth might be most proper in another. 4. He was to communicate the things he had learnt of Paul, that they might be able to teach others also. Paul concludes this section with an appeal to Timothy to remain loyal to all the teaching he had received. 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. The whole concept of redemption is wrapped up in the Old Testament. As Shakespeare had it: "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord. That's just fable. It was only to be expected that certain women would not know how to use their new liberty. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Men will be treacherous. And they shall be dispersed among the Gentiles. For "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" ( Matthew 12:34 ). Paul suffered as he taught: a single eye to Christ and His grace made him consistent. Far more harm is done from want of thought than almost anything else. They still, you know, pay their respects. What we have learned we must labour to be more and more assured of, that, being grounded in the truth, we may be guarded against error, for certainty in religion is of great importance and advantage: Knowing, (1.) We must not be afraid of a manifest duty because it has been abused. Boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy ( 2 Timothy 3:2 ). She had been finding life, as she herself said, futile and meaningless. Observe, Timothy must continue in the things which he had learned and had been assured of. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." For it is not dogma pure and simple, it is not mere instruction; and we may thank God for it. Or life, or death, or life after death? A form of godliness, a profession of Christian faith without a godly life . Yet. What am I to believe about sin? Ephesus was the town of a prosperous, materialistic civilization; it was the kind of town where a man could so easily lose his soul. 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. Jambres. See also 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:11, and on godliness, 1 Timothy 2:2. Had the Lord Jesus not sent him? 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. It is the word alazon ( G213) and was derived from the ale, which means a wandering about. There was a state of things coming when it would be impossible to have local charges chosen according to the full sanction which they had in apostolic days. 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. Sponde is the word for a truce or an agreement. 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. It is the sign of a supremely decadent civilization when youth loses all respect for age and fails to recognize the unpayable debt and the basic duty it owes to those who gave it life. (2) They who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. In those days trade tended to flow down river valleys; Ephesus was at the mouth of the River Cayster, and commanded the trade of one of the richest hinterlands in all Asia Minor. Certain of the temporary persecution, he is equally certain of the ultimate glory. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 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. The one was suited to upset the young, the other to beguile the old. In other words, it's not going to get better for awhile. Paul was a prisoner again and awaited death. There was no longer the freshness of a new thing; and where the heart was not kept up in communion with the Lord, the value of divine things was less felt, if it did not quite fade away. It is the normal Greek word for difficult, but it has certain usage's which explain its meaning here. Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. 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. This again has stumbled the minds of men. A. M. Chirgwin has story after story of how the Scriptures came by chance into the hands of men and changed their lives. "The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but, when.