2Ti 3:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. also — Greek, "but." last days —preceding Christ's second coming ( ). "The latter times," , refer to a period not so remote as "the last days," namely, the long days of papal and Greek anti-Christianity. perilous —literally, " difficult times," in which it is difficult to know what is to be done: "grievous times." shall come — Greek, "shall be imminent"; "shall come unexpectedly" [BENGEL ].

2 Timothy 3:1

1. also—Greek, "but."

last days—preceding Christ's second coming (2Pe 3:3; Jude 18). "The latter times," 1Ti 4:1, refer to a period not so remote as "the last days," namely, the long days of papal and Greek anti-Christianity.

perilous—literally, "difficult times," in which it is difficult to know what is to be done: "grievous times."

shall come—Greek, "shall be imminent"; "shall come unexpectedly" [BENGEL].