Whatis the meaning of 2 Timothy 3:1-5? I don’t know about you, but I have often heard people recite these verses as evidence that we are living in the End Times. If Qualificationsfor Overseers and Deacons. 1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover FirstTimothy 5:1–2 is a brief description of how Timothy, as a church leader, ought to interact with the men and women of his congregation. These commands are brief, but they have powerful implications. These commands are in the context of Timothy's role as a spiritual leader and teacher. Timothy is to treat older men and women as fathers Weare to keep our eyes looking to Jesus so that we may finish the race that God has set before each one of us - whatever that race may be, and he also reminds us that there is 2Timothy 3:1-5 Verse by Verse Bible Study Verse 1 (2 Timothy 3:1) This know also - The “object” of this reference to the perilous times which were to occur, was evidently to show 3But know this, that in the last days [ a]perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, 2Timothy 3, Life in the Last Days. We all need encouragement especially in difficult times. We all need encouragement to continue in the faith especially during fearful times. Paul is writing to Timothy to strengthen his faith. This second letter to Timothy is an encouraging letter to make Timothy aware of life as a disciple of Jesus. Herein 2 Timothy 1:5, enoikeo is used in a figurative sense meaning “to dwell in one and influence for good.”. The root word oikos means “a home,” and the root verb oikeo means “to live at home” and so "the supernatural faith resident in Timothy was at home in him in the sense that it held free sway over his life ." 2Timothy 3. I. The apostle forewarns Timothy what the last days would be, with the reasons thereof, ver 1-9.II. Prescribes various remedies against them (ver 10, to the end), particularly his own example ("But thou hast fully known my doctrine," etc.) and the knowledge of the holy scriptures, which are able to make us wise unto salvation, and will 2Timothy 4:5-8. But watch thou — Both over thyself and flock, and withstand the beginnings of all these corruptions; let thy mind be awake and watchful; in all things — Whatever thou art doing, let this be thy earnest, constant, persevering exercise. Observe, reader, the Scripture watching or waiting implies steadfast faith, patient hope, labouring 9TYRt.