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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1 - 3:1
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2Ti 3:1-17. Coming evil days: Signs of evil already: Contrast in the doctrine and life of Paul, which Timothy should follow in accordance with his early training in Scripture.
also - Greek, “but.”
last days - preceding Christ’s second coming (2Pe 3:3; Jud 1:18). “The latter times,” 1Ti 4:1, refer to a period not so remote as “the last days,” namely, the long days of papal and Greek anti-Christianity.
perilous - literally, “difficult times,” in which it is difficult to know what is to be done: “grievous times.”
shall come - Greek, “shall be imminent”; “shall come unexpectedly” [Bengel].