2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Daniel 7:8While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Daniel 8:8Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
Daniel 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 3:1
I. The apostle forewarns Timothy what the last days would be, with the reasons thereof, ver. 1-9 . II. Prescribes various remedies against them ( ver. 10, to the end ), particularly his own example ("But thou hast fully known my doctrine," &c.) and the knowledge of the holy scriptures, which are able to make us wise unto salvation, and will be the best antidote against the corruptions of the times we live in. In this chapter Paul tells Timothy how bad others would be, and therefore how good he should be; and this… Read the whole commentary →