Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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. (2Ti. 3:1-17)
also—Greek, "but."
last days—preceding Christ's second coming (II Peter 3:3; Judges 1:18). "The latter times," I Timothy 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].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 3:1:
Daniel 8:23
Micah 7:6
2 Thessalonians 2:2
2 Thessalonians 2:9
1 Timothy 4:1
Jude 1:4
Jude 1:17
Revelation 13:3
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