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rwp @2Timothy:3:1 @{Know this } (\touto gin “ske \). See strkjv @1Corinthians:11:3 ; strkjv @Phillipians:1:12 |. {In the last days } (\en eschatais h ˆmerais \). See strkjv @James:5:3 ; strkjv @1Timothy:4:1 |. {Grievous } (\chalepoi \). Hard . See strkjv @Ephesians:5:16 |. {Shall come } (\enst ˆsontai \). Future middle of \enist ˆmi \ (intransitive use ), old verb , to stand on or be at hand , as in strkjv @2Thessalonians:2:2 |. rwp @2Timothy:3:2 @{Lovers of self } (\philautoi \). Old compound adjective (\philos , autos \), here only in N .T . {Lovers of money } (\philarguroi \). Old compound adjective , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Luke:16:14 |. See strkjv @1Timothy:6:10 |. {Boastful } (\alazones \). Old word for empty pretender , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Romans:1:30 |. {Haughty } (\huper ˆphanoi \). See also strkjv @Romans:1:30 | for this old word . {Railers } (\blasph ˆmoi \). See strkjv @1Timothy:1:13 |. {Disobedient to parents } (\goneusin apeitheis \). See strkjv @Romans:1:30 |. {Unthankful } (\acharistoi \). Old word , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Luke:6:35 |. {Unholy } (\anosioi \). See strkjv @1Timothy:1:9 |. {Without natural affection } (\astorgoi \). See strkjv @Romans:1:31 |. rwp @2Timothy:3:3 @{Implacable } (\aspondoi \). Truce-breakers . Old word , only here in N .T . though in MSS . in strkjv @Romans:1:31 | (from \a \ privative and \spond ˆ\, a libation ). rwp @2Timothy:3:3 @{Slanderers } (\diaboloi \). See strkjv @1Timothy:3:11 ; strkjv @Titus:2:3 |. {Without self-control } (\akrateis \). Old word (\a \ privative and \kratos \), here only in N .T . {Fierce } (\an ˆmeroi \). Old word (\a \ privative and \h ˆmeros \, tame ), only here in N .T . {No lovers of good } (\aphilagathoi \). Found only here (\a \ privative and \philagathos \, for which see strkjv @Titus:1:8 |). See also strkjv @Phillipians:4:8 |. A papyrus describes Antoninus as \philagathos \ and has \aphilokagathia \. rwp @2Timothy:3:4 @{Traitors } (\prodotai \). Old word (from \prodid “mi \), in N .T . only here , strkjv @Luke:6:16 ; strkjv @Acts:7:52 |. {Headstrong } (\propeteis \). Old word (from \pro \ and \pipt “\), falling forward , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Acts:19:36 |. {Puffed up } (\tetuph “menoi \). Perfect passive participle of \tupho “\. See strkjv @1Timothy:3:6 |. {Lovers of pleasure } (\phil ˆdonoi \). Literary _Koin ‚ _ word (\philos , h ˆdon ˆ\), only here in N .T . {Lovers of God } (\philotheoi \). Old word (\philos , theos \), only here in N .T . rwp @2Timothy:3:5 @{A form of godliness } (\morph “sin eusebeias \). For \morph “sin \, see strkjv @Romans:2:20 |. The outward shape without the reality . {Having denied } (\ˆrn ˆmenoi \). Perfect middle participle of \arneomai \ (see strkjv @2:12f .|). {Power } (\dunamin \). See strkjv @1Corinthians:4:20 |. See strkjv @Romans:1:29-31 | for similar description . {Turn away } (\apotrepou \). Present middle (direct ) imperative of \apotrep “\, "turn thyself away from ." Old verb , only here in N .T . See IV Macc . strkjv @1:33 . rwp @2Timothy:3:6 @{That creep } (\hoi endunontes \). Old and common verb (also \endu “\) either to put on (1Thessalonians:5:8 |) or to enter (to slip in by insinuation , as here ). See same idea in strkjv @Jude:1:4 | (\pareisedu ˆsan \), strkjv @2Peter:2:1 | (\pareisaxousin \), strkjv @Galatians:2:4 | (\pareis ˆlthon \ and \pareisaktous \). These stealthy "creepers " are pictured also in strkjv @Titus:1:11 |. {Take captive } (\aichmal “tizontes \). "Taking captive ." Present active participle of \aichmal “tiz “\, for which see strkjv @2Corinthians:10:5 ; strkjv @Romans:7:23 |. {Silly women } (\gunaikaria \). Literally , "little women " (diminutive of \gun ˆ\), found in Diocles (comedian of 5 century B .C .) and in Epictetus . The word here is neuter (grammatical gender ) plural . Used contemptuously here (only N .T . example ). Ramsay suggests "society ladies ." It is amazing how gullible some women are with religious charlatans who pose as exponents of "new thought ." {Laden with sins } (\ses “reumena hamartiais \). Perfect passive participle of \s “reu “\, old word from Aristotle down (from \s “ros \, a heap ) to heap up . In N .T . only here and strkjv @Romans:12:20 |. Associative instrumental case \hamartiais \. {Divers } (\poikilais \). Many coloured . See strkjv @Titus:3:3 |. One has only to recall Schweinfurth , the false Messiah of forty odd years ago with his "heavenly harem " in Illinois and the recent infamous "House of David " in Michigan to understand how these Gnostic cults led women into licentiousness under the guise of religion or of liberty . The priestesses of Aphrodite and of Isis were illustrations ready to hand . \Agomena \ (present passive participle ) means "continually led astray or from time to time ." rwp @2Timothy:3:7 @{Never able to come to the knowledge of the truth } (\m ˆdepote eis epign “sin al ˆtheias elthein dunamena \). Pathetic picture of these hypnotized women without intellectual power to cut through the fog of words and , though always learning scraps of things , they never come into the full knowledge (\epign “sin \) of the truth in Christ . And yet they even pride themselves on belonging to the intelligentsia ! rwp @2Timothy:3:8 @{Like as } (\hon tropon \). "In which manner ." Adverbial accusative and incorporation of the antecedent \tropon \ into the relative clause . {Jannes and Jambres } (\Iann ˆs kai Iambr ˆs \). Traditional names of the magicians who withstood Moses ( _Targum of Jonathan_ on strkjv @Exodus:7:11 |). {Withstood } (\antest ˆsan \). Second aorist active (intransitive ) of \anthist ˆmi \, to stand against , "they stood against " (with dative \M “usei \). Same word used of Elymas in strkjv @Acts:13:8 | and repeated here \anthistantai \ (present middle indicative ). Paul here pictures the seducers of the \gunaikaria \ above . {Corrupted in mind } (\katephtharmenoi ton noun \). Perfect passive participle of \kataphtheir “\, old compound , in N .T . only here in critical text . See strkjv @2Corinthians:11:3 ; strkjv @1Timothy:6:5 | for \diaphtheir “\. The accusative \noun \ is retained in the passive . {Reprobate } (\adokimoi \). See strkjv @1Corinthians:9:27 ; strkjv @Titus:1:16 |. They had renounced their trust (\pistin \) in Christ . rwp @2Timothy:3:9 @{They shall proceed no further } (\ou prokopsousin epi pleion \). Future active of \prokopt “\. See strkjv @2:16 |. {Folly } (\anoia \). Old word (from \anoos \, a privative and \nous \), want of sense , here only in N .T . {Evident } (\ekd ˆlos \). Old word (\ek , d ˆlos \, outstanding ), here only in N .T . {Theirs } (\ekein “n \). Of Jannes and Jambres (Exodus:7:12 |).

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