2 Timothy 3:4
4 Traitor s, [prodotes] heady, [propetes] highminded, [tuphoo] lovers
of pleasures [philedonos] more [mallon] than [e] lovers of God; [philotheos] KJV-Interlinear
4
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
NASB
Traitors, ‘prodotes,’
means to betray, unfaithful, disloyal, deceitful, double-cross, conspirator,
deserter.
Children will betray
their own parents. Parents will betray
their own family. Citizens will betray
their own country, leaders will betray those who follow them. The entire social spectrum will break down
into an everyman for himself attitude.
Get what you can at the expense of anyone else.
Heady, ‘propetes,’
means careless, negligence, rash, preoccupied with self. This makes the person not concerned or aware
of the things that are going on around him.
The person cares nothing about the things that are going on around
them. They are not alert, and therefore
do not see the signs or meanings of the activities in their own life, as well
as in the world.
High-minded, ‘tuphoo,’ means
to be opinionated without wisdom, to have an opinion without facts, to be
conceited, to over estimate yourself, to set oneself higher than what you really
are, to be surrounded with smoke preventing the observation of that which is
outside of the smoke. You cannot see
life and therefore cannot see truth, and therefore cannot see or discern your
false views. You lack a frame of
reference.
Lovers of pleasures, ‘phile,’
means to love self, to love the world, to love things, to love depraved
pleasures to love gossip and maliciousness, and so forth.
This comparison of
loving pleasures more than God, actually means to love things or the details
and beliefs of life, rather than God.
The wicked person is preoccupied
with their own world, their own views, their own opinions, their own pursuits, their
own actions against others. They are
interested only in their indulgences whatever they might be. They reject
authority, and all that exists around them.
They reject truth and all of the principles of truth.
Truth or rules or
responsibility are an inconvenience to their life.
They know right from
wrong. They know honesty from
dishonesty. But they choose the latter
and hate the conscience effects that harass their thoughts, because they prefer
wickedness over honor. Therefore, guilt
and remorse and such are fought back and pushed out of their minds, because their
drive is for that which is wrong.
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