Andin this final letter to Timothy, which Paul wrote near the end of his life, he reinforced the importance of knowing and understanding the whole counsel of God, which is able to make us wise unto salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Paul knew how easy it is to slip away from the truth of the literal, historical Word of God into the Theadjective profitable used in the New King James Version of 2 Timothy 3:16 means “useful or beneficial, promoting or enhancing well-being.” In other words, the Bible is good for us. Paul highlights four main functions of God’s Word: teaching, reproofing (or rebuking), correction, and instruction in righteousness. Hereis one way to outline Paul’s second letter to Timothy: 1:1-2: Personal greeting. 1:3-5: Thankfulness for Timothy’s faith. 1:6-14: The need for courage and faithfulness. 1:15-18: Commendation of Onesiphorus. 2:1-13: Exhortation to steadfastness (comparisons to soldiers, athletes and farmers). But in a secondary sense, applied to a war, it meant an internecine war admitting of no truce; and thence, as here, applied to a person, it means "implacable," one who will make no truce or treaty with his enemy. The sense "truce breakers" is not justified by any example. Slanderers (διάβολοι); as 1 Timothy 3:11 and Titus 2:3. 2Timothy 4:3-5New International Version. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your Themeasure of the number or the quality of their self-chosen teachers will be their own insatiable and ever-varying fancies and mental appetites, not the desire to be taught God's truth by teachers sent from God. Compare Jeroboam's conduct in ordaining a feast "in the mouth which he had devised of his own heart" (1 Kings 12:33). 2 Timothy 4:3 2Timothy 3:1-5. 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come . 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power 2Timothy 2:3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: sugkakopatheson ( 2SAAM) os kalo s strati otes Ch ristou Iesou.. Amplified: Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus.(Amplified Bible - Lockman)Barclay: I2JnS.