2 Timothy 3:4
They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
In Context
3without natural affection, merciless, slanderous, dissolute, and brutal.
5For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.
Cross References
Romans 11:20True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;
Philippians 3:18For there are many - as I used often to tell you, and am now telling you even with tears - who live and walk as the enemies of the cross of Christ.
1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives in wantonness is dead even while she still lives.
2 Peter 2:10especially those who spend their lives following the flesh in the lust of defilement, and in despising all authority. Audacious and wilful, they feel no awe in railing against dignities;
Jude 1:8Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 3:2-10
Marks of Perilous Times. ( a. d. 66.) 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of… Read the whole commentary →