2 Timothy 3:3

2 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 3

“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,”2 Timothy 3:3

What Does 2 Timothy 3:3 Mean?

2 Timothy 3:3 is found in the book of 2 Timothy, chapter 3, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to 2 Timothy 3:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jude 1:18“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”Romans 1:31“Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:”Matthew 10:21“And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.”2 Peter 2:14“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:”Daniel 8:23“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”Matthew 4:1“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”1 Timothy 3:11“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”James 4:11“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”Luke 10:16“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.”Genesis 49:7“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”Exodus 20:16“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”2 Samuel 21:1“Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.”Psalms 22:6“But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.”Isaiah 53:3“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Isaiah 60:14“The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”Ezekiel 17:15“But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?”Luke 16:14“And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.”John 6:70“Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”Romans 11:20“Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:”1 Corinthians 7:5“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”

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