IN THE LAST DAYS] 'But of that day and that hour knoweth no man' (Mark 13:32), not a St. Paul, not a St. John (1 John 2:18). 5. A FORM OF GODLINESS] an outside appearance of it. DENYING THE POWER THEREOF] the outward form of piety not having power to influence their lives for good.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 warning to him, for when those days would come neither he nor any one on earth knew; they might be... [ Continue Reading ]
CREEP INTO HOUSES] the constant habit of proselytisers to evil, who do not shrink from crooked and base means of accomplishing their purpose. LEAD CAPTIVE] having lost all freedom of will, like prisoners taken in war.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVER LEARNING, AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH] an exquisite description of that restlessness of mind, which leads to excessive curiosity upon religious subjects, but does not minister to genuine knowledge or faith.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE] the teachers who are leading men and women on to this depravity and weakness. JANNES AND JAMBRES] the names of the Egyptian magicians in Exodus 7:11, according to Jewish tradition.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL PROCEED NO FURTHER] they shall not be able to continue to resist Timothy with success, any more than the magicians were capable of finally resisting Moses (Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST FULLY KNOWN] RV 'didst follow.'... [ Continue Reading ]
EXHORTATION. Timothy was well instructed in the OT. and in the gospel preached by St. Paul, and he must 'abide in the things that he had learnt and been assured of.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Timothy was well acquainted with all that happened to St. Paul at Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, and Lystra in his First Missionary Journey, when he was himself converted to Christianity (Acts 13:50; Acts 16:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
OF WHOM THOU HAST LEARNED _them_] From Eunice and Lois.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES] RV 'the sacred writings,' i.e. the OT., which, when read in the light of the faith of Christ Jesus and with trust in Him, gave sufficient instruction for his salvation.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL SCRIPTURE] RV 'every scripture.' The AV is right, because St. Paul is here contemplating the OT. not as a work made up of many writings, but as one book. So in Ephesians 3:15; 'the whole family in heaven' (AV) is right, not 'every family' (RV); Ephesians 2:21, 'all the building groweth' (AV), no... [ Continue Reading ]