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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:2 - 3:2
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men - in the professing Church. Compare the catalogue, Rom 1:29, etc., where much the same sins are attributed to heathen men; it shall be a relapse into virtual heathendom, with all its beast-like propensities, whence the symbol of it is “a beast” (Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11, Rev 13:12, etc.; Rev 17:3, Rev 17:8, Rev 17:11).
covetous - Translate, “money-loving,” a distinct Greek word from that for “covetous” (see on Col 3:5). The cognate Greek substantive (1Ti 6:10) is so translated, “the love of money is a (Greek, not ‘the’) root of all evil.”
boasters - empty boasters [Alford]; boasting of having what they have not.
proud - overweening: literally, showing themselves above their fellows.
blasphemous - rather, “evil-speakers,” revilers.
disobedient to parents - The character of the times is even to be gathered especially from the manners of the young [Bengel].
unthankful - The obligation to gratitude is next to that of obedience to parents.
unholy - irreligious [Alford]; inobservant of the offices of piety.