2 Timothy 3:3

Easy-to-Read Version

They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

King James Version (1611)
Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

King James Version
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

English Standard Version
heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

New American Standard Bible
unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

New Century Version
They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

Legacy Standard Bible
unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, without gentleness, without love for good,

Berean Standard Bible
unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

Contemporary English Version
heartless, and hateful. Their words will be cruel, and they will have no self-control or pity. These people will hate everything that is good.

Complete Jewish Bible
heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, uncontrolled, brutal, hateful of good,

Darby Translation
without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good,

George Lamsa Translation
False accusers, addicts to lust, brutal, haters of good things,

Good News Translation
they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;

Lexham English Bible
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,

Literal Translation
without natural feeling, unyielding, slanderers, without self-control, savage, haters of good,

Amplified Bible
[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,

American Standard Version
without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Bible in Basic English
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

Hebrew Names Version
without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

International Standard Version
unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,Romans 1:31; 2 Peter 3:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
subjected to lust, brutal, haters of the good,

Murdock Translation
calumniators, addicted to concupiscence, ferocious, haters of the good,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, riotous, fierce, despisers of them which are good,

English Revised Version
without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self–control, fierce, no lovers of good,

World English Bible
without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, Without natural affection, covenant-breakers, slanderers, intemperate, fierce, despisers of good men,

Weymouth's New Testament
destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde,

Update Bible Version
without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Webster's Bible Translation
Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

New English Translation
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

New King James Version
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,

New Living Translation
They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.

New Life Bible
They will not love each other. No one can get along with them. They will tell lies about others. They will not be able to keep from doing things they know they should not do. They will be wild and want to beat and hurt those who are good.

New Revised Standard
inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self-control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness,

Revised Standard Version
inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
vnkinde trucebreakers stubborn falce accusars ryatours fearce despisers of the which are good

Young's Literal Translation
without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vnkynde, truce breakers, false accusers, ryatours, fearce, despysers of them which are good,

Mace New Testament (1729)
villainous, unnatural, perfidious, defamers, debauchees,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Their saddlebags will be filled with hate and unforgiveness. They'll be slaves to lust and slander. Cruelty will mark their trail and they will hate anything that is good.

Contextual Overview

¹ Remember this: There are some terrible times coming in the last days. ² People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. ³ They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. ⁴ People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. ⁵ They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that "devotion" change the way they live. Stay away from these people! ⁶ Some of them go into homes and get control over weak women, whose lives are full of sin—women who are led into sin by all the things they want. ⁷ These women always want to learn something new, but they are never able to fully understand the truth. ⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses, these people fight against the truth. Their thinking has been confused. The faith they have and teach is worthless. ⁹ But they will not succeed in what they are trying to do. Everyone will see how foolish they are. That is what happened to Jannes and Jambres.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

natural: Matthew 10:21, Romans 1:31

trucebreakers: 2 Samuel 21:1-3, Psalms 15:4, Ezekiel 17:15-19, Romans 1:31,*Gr.

false accusers: or, make-bates, Matthew 4:1, John 6:70, 1 Timothy 3:11, Titus 2:3, All in Gr

incontinent: 1 Corinthians 7:5, 1 Corinthians 7:9, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:19, 2 Peter 3:3, Jude 1:16, Jude 1:18

fierce: Genesis 49:7, Daniel 8:23, Revelation 13:15, Revelation 13:17, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 17:6

despisers: Psalms 22:6, Isaiah 53:3, Isaiah 60:14, Luke 10:16, Luke 16:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, James 2:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:16 - General Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness Leviticus 19:16 - talebearer 1 Kings 3:26 - give her 2 Chronicles 16:3 - break Proverbs 14:2 - but Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath Hosea 10:4 - swearing Micah 3:2 - hate Micah 7:6 - son Romans 11:20 - Be Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking Titus 3:3 - living James 4:11 - Speak

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in a dream, "Yes, I know that you are innocent and that you did not know what you were doing. I saved you. I did not allow you to sin against me. I was the one who did not allow you to sleep with her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
He said, "Don't hurt my chosen people. Don't hurt my prophets."

Job 1:11
But if you were to destroy everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face."

Job 2:5
I swear, if you attack his flesh and bones, he will curse you to your face!"

Job 19:21
"Pity me, my friends, pity me, because God is against me.

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. You asked if it is better for a man not to have any sexual relations at all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Without natural affection,.... To parents, or children, or wife; parents thrusting their children into religious houses, cloisters, c. against their wills children leaving their parents without their knowledge or consent; married bishops and priests being obliged to quit their wives, and declare their children spurious; with many other such unnatural actions.

Trucebreakers; or covenant breakers; stirring up princes to break through their treaties and covenants with one another; dissolving the allegiance of subjects to their sovereigns, and moving them to rebellion against them; loosing the marriage bond between husband and wife; making void all oaths, contracts, and agreements, among men, which stand in the way of their designs; teaching that no faith is to be kept with heretics.

False accusers; or devils, being like Satan, the accuser of the brethren, charging all that depart from their communion with schism and heresy.

Incontinent; though they pretend to the gift of continency, yet give themselves up to all lasciviousness, and work all uncleanness with greediness; or "intemperate" in eating and drinking, indulging themselves in rioting and drunkenness: "she hath lived deliciously", Revelation 18:7.

Fierce; like beasts of prey; such was Rome Pagan, in the times of the ten persecutions; and such has been Rome Papal, exercising the greatest cruelties and barbarities on the saints, being drunk with their blood.

Despisers of those that are good; or without love to good; both to good works, to which they are reprobate, notwithstanding all their pretensions to them, and bluster about them; and to good men, whom they hate.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Without natural affection - see the notes at Romans 1:31.

Trucebreakers - The same word in Romans 1:31, is rendered “implacable;” see the notes at that verse. It properly means “without treaty;” that is, those who are averse to any treaty or compact. It may thus refer to those who are unwilling to enter into any agreement; that is, either those who are unwilling to be reconciled to others when there is a variance - implacable; or those who disregard treaties or agreements. In either case, this marks a very corrupt condition of society. Nothing would be more indicative of the lowest state of degradation, than that in which all compacts and agreements were utterly disregarded.

False accusers - Margin, “makebates.” The word “makebate” means one who excites contentions and quarrels. Webster. The Greek here is διάβολοι diaboloi - “devils” - the primitive meaning of which is, “calumniator, slanderer, accuser;” compare the notes at 1 Timothy 3:11, where the word is rendered “slanderers.”

Incontinent - 1 Corinthians 7:5. Literally, “without strength;” that is, without strength to resist the solicitations of passion, or who readily yield to it.

Fierce - The Greek word used here - ἀνήμερος anēmeros - does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It means “ungentle, harsh, severe,” and is the opposite of gentleness and mildness. Religion produces gentleness; the want of it makes men rough, harsh, cruel; compare the notes at 2 Timothy 2:24.

Despisers of those that are good - In Titus 1:8, it is said of a bishop that he must be “a lover of good men.” This, in every condition of life, is a virtue, and hence, the opposite of it is here set down as one of the characteristics of that evil age of which the apostle speaks.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Timothy 3:3. Without natural affection — αστοργοι. Without that affection which parents bear to their young, and which the young bear to their parents. An affection which is common to every class of animals; consequently, men without it are worse than brutes.

Truce-breakers — ασπονδοι. From α, negative, and σπονδη, a libation, because in making treaties libations both of blood and wine were poured out. The word means those who are bound by no promise, held by no engagement, obliged by no oath; persons who readily promise any thing, because they never intend to perform.

False accusers — διαβολοι. Devils; but properly enough rendered false accusers, for this is a principal work of the devil. Slanderers; striving ever to ruin the characters of others.

Incontinent — ακρατεις. From α, negative, and κρατος, power. Those who, having sinned away their power of self-government, want strength to govern their appetites; especially those who are slaves to uncleanness.

Fierce — ανημεροι. From α, negative, and ημερος, mild or gentle. Wild, impetuous, whatever is contrary to pliability and gentleness.

Despisers of those that are good — αφιλαγαθοι. Not lovers of good men. Here is a remarkable advantage of the Greek over the English tongue, one word of the former expressing five or six of the latter. Those who do not love the good must be radically bad themselves.