2 Timothy 3:3

“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,”

"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good," - 2 Timothy 3:3
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What does 2 Timothy 3:3 mean?

2 Timothy 3:3 (KJV) states, "Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good." This verse comes from the second letter of Paul to Timothy, which is known as one of the "pastoral epistles" in the New Testament. In…

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The Erosion of Natural Affection

In the age we live in, one does not have to look far to recognize the sobering reality described in 2 Timothy 3:3, which states: "Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good." This verse from Paul’s letter to…

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A Prayer for Compassion and Integrity in Troubling Times

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I humbly acknowledge the challenges of our times, feeling the weight of the world’s moral decline and the pervasive hardships that surround us. Your Word in 2 Timothy 3:3 reminds us of the troubling signs that characterize the last…

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2 Timothy 3:3 - "Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,"
2 Timothy 3:16
2 Timothy 4:3-4
2 Timothy 2:3 - "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
1 Timothy 2:3 - "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;"
2 Timothy 3:7 - "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 3:1 - "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."
2 Timothy 3:5 - "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
2 Timothy 3:4 - "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
2 Timothy 3:12 - "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
2 Timothy 3:2 - "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"
2 Timothy 3:17 - "That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
2 Timothy 3:13 - "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."
2 Timothy 3:16 - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
2 Timothy 3:9 - "But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was."
2 Timothy 3:10 - "But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,"
1 Timothy 3:2 - "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
1 Timothy 3:3 - "Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;"
"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;" - 1 Timothy 2:3
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." - 2 Timothy 2:3
2 Timothy 4:3 - "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
2 Timothy 3:14 - "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;"
2 Timothy 3:8 - "Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith."
1 Timothy 3:16
1 Timothy 3:15
1 Timothy 2:3-4 - "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." - 2 Timothy 3:7
1 Timothy 5:3 - "Honour widows that are widows indeed."
2 Timothy 3:15 - "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."