2 Timothy 3:3

International Standard Version

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

Parallel Translations

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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,

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,

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

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

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

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,

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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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,

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.

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,

Contextual Overview

¹ You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Peter 3:3; 1 John 2:18; Jude 1:18;">[xr] ² People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,Romans 1:30; Philippians 2:21; 1 Timothy 1:20; 6:4; 2 Peter 2:3,12; Jude 1:10,16;">[xr] ³ unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,Romans 1:31; 2 Peter 3:3;">[xr] ⁴ traitors, reckless, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.Philippians 3:19; 2 Peter 2:10,13; Jude 1:4,19;">[xr] ⁵ They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Timothy 5:8; 6:5; Titus 1:16;">[xr] ⁶ For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.Matthew 23:14; Titus 1:11;">[xr] ⁷ These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth.1 Timothy 2:4;">[xr] ⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.Exodus 7:11; Romans 1:28; 2 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:5; Titus 1:16;">[xr] ⁹ But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men,two men">[fn] their stupidity will be plain to everyone.Exodus 7:12; 8:18; 9:11;">[xr]

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

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things you wrote about: It's good for a man not to touch a woman.[fn]1 Corinthians 7:8,26;">[xr]

2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore,Isaiah 52:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Revelation 18:4;">[xr] "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

Colossians 2:21
"Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!"1 Timothy 4:3;">[xr]

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.