Bible Strands
2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses Timothy in a pastoral letter, issuing a direct warning about the spiritual climate ahead. The words — γινώσκε (ginōske) literally means "do realize," and ἐσχάταις (eschatais) translates to "last [days]." Paul commands Timothy to grasp the reality of the coming period. The thread — The phrase "last days" appears in 2 Peter 3:3, 2 Timothy 4:3, and 1 Timothy 4:1, consistently marking a period of spiritual decline and doctrinal rejection. Why it lands — It demands sober recognition of a specific historical window where moral corruption will be widespread, requiring vigilance rather than surprise.
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The Greek words
King James Version
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Cross-references
- 2 Peter 3:3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- Jude 1:17 But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Micah 4:1 In 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 the peoples will stream to it.
- Isaiah 2:2 In 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 12:11 And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.