2 Timothy 3:2 (DBY)

Passage

for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:1 But this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;

2 Timothy 3:2 for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,

2 Timothy 3:3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,

2 Timothy 3:4 traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "lovers", "self", "money", "boastful", "arrogant", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "lovers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "But this know that in the last..." into verse 3's "without natural affection implacable slanderers of unsubdued...", so "shall" and "lovers" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "lovers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.