Commentaryon 2 Timothy 3:14-17. Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. The age of children is the age to learn; and those who would get true learning, must get it out of the Scriptures. They must not lie by us neglected, seldom or never looked into. 2Timothy 3:16–17. April 2012 “2 Timothy 3:16–17,” New Era, Apr. 2012, 19. Line upon Line. The original Greek word used in the Bible literally means “straightening up again.” So the scriptures help keep you in line and following the straight and narrow path (see 2 Nephi 9:41). 1Timothy 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. John 19:26,27 When Jesus therefore Paulnow (2Timothy 3:1), having told him that although there was no reason to fear, yet warns him that grave dangers to the Church would surely arise, and that God's servants, 2Timothy 1:5 In-Context. 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice Childrenshould be taught to obey both of their parents in the Lord, for this is right in the eyes of God. Fathers should not provoke their children to anger, but bring them up in godly discipline with respect for others, and for the Lord. Those that desire to be elders should be loving husbands to their wives and not be bitter against them. 1Timothy 5:3-16 Concerning widows. 1 Timothy 5:17,18 Elders, if they do well, are to be doubly honoured, "do not strike an elder"; meaning not with the hand, but with the tongue, giving hard words, which are as heavy blows; reproof is a smiting, and there is a gentle and a sharp one, Psalm 141:4. It is with the former, and not the latter 2Timothy 3:1-5. 1 Don't be naive. There are difficult times ahead. 2 As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, 3 dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, 4 treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted 1Timothy 1:19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. 1 Timothy 3:9 They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a Q0Bmr.