2Timothy 3:16. ESV All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, NIV All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, NASB All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for III (1) This is a true saying.--There is no reason why the rendering of this formula adopted in 1Timothy 1:15, "faithful is this saying," should be altered here.The "faithful saying" here refers to the wish for high and arduous work in the Church of Christ, and declares such a wish to be a noble one; for the office in question was a beautiful one, and honourable, and in Godlessnessin the Last Days. 3 But understand this, that yin the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be zlovers of self, alovers of money, bproud, barrogant, abusive, bdisobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 cheartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, dnot loving good, 4 2Timothy 3:4 “Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;”. True loyalty seems to be a thing of the past. For a few dollars, our best friend will do you in. The main one we are traitors to is our self. “Heady” means falling forward. The Bible would call this unstable in all thy ways. 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers. 3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command Clarkes Commentary. Verse 2 Timothy 3:17. That the man of God — The preacher of righteousness, the minister of the Gospel, the person who derives his commission from God, and always appears as his herald and servant.. May be perfect — αρτιος. From αρω, to fit or adapt.It properly signifies an integer or whole number in arithmetic, to which nothing 2Timothy 3:13-17 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO 2 TIMOTHY 3. In this chapter the apostle delivers out a prophecy of the last days, showing how perilous the times will be, describing the persons that will live in them, and what will be their end; and in opposition to these men, proposes himself an example in doctrine and sufferings; and Scriptures 2 Timothy 3:16-17. This word is a "hapax legomenon," meaning it occurs only once in the entire Bible. God's Word, like God Himself, is unique. God is eternal and His Word stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). God does not change and His Word does not change. Because it comes from God (see 2 Peter 1:20-21), who Himself is truth, the GQXaX.