Formen will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, 1Timothy 3:3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:4). Here apparently it means generally "evil speakers." 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 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, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers 2Timothy 3. FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL. This is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. 2Timothy 1:3. I thank God. After the inscription and salutation follows the preface to the epistle; which contains a thanksgiving to God upon Timothy's account, and has a tendency to engage his attention to what he was about to write to him in the body of the epistle. God is the object of praise and thanksgiving, both as the God of nature and 1Timothy 3:2 In-Context. 1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 2Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of Thismeans those who refuse to hold to agreements, who cannot be convinced to agree on anything. Some translations use the word "irreconcilable." Third, these wicked people will 2Timothy 3:1-17: 2 Timothy 4:1-22: Retain the Standard: Rightly Divide the Word: Difficult Times and laity. Illustrations occur often, and solid explanation in between is not always present (cf. I Tim. 2:1–2; and v. 8, the significance of raised hands). On some texts basic explanation is quite good (2:11–15), yet on v. 15 the light 2Timothy 3:1-17: 2 Timothy 4:1-22: Retain the Standard: Rightly Divide the Word: Difficult Times Will Come: Preach the Word: Even a cursory study of the uses of deesis in the context of these NT passages helps give one a sense of the meaning of this word for prayer. Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for THRcO1.