2 Timothy 3:1 - Exposition

But know this for this know also , A.V.; grievous for perilous , A.V. Grievous times ( καιροὶ χαλεποί ). "Grievous" is not a very good rendering. "Perilous," though in some contexts it is a right rendering, is a little too restricted here. "Difficult," "trying," "uneasy," or the like, is nearer the sense. They are times when a Christian hardly knows which way to turn or what to do. He has to live under a constant sense of hindrance and difficulty of one sort or another.