3:1 What are the last days Paul refers to here?
3:1 What are the last days Paul refers to here?
The last days here refers to the close of the present age - the period of time just before the second coming of Christ (CP Jas 5:1-3; 1Pe 1:3-5; 2Pe 3:3-4; Jude 17-18). 2 Ti 3:1 is not to be confused with 1 Ti 4:1 which covers the whole period of time from Paul's day until Christ's second coming (CP 1Ti 4:1).
Many Christians believe that Paul is referring in 1Ti 4:1 to the so-called "great apostasy" by the church at the end of the church age. But that is not correct.
The latter times refers to the entire period of time from Paul's time onward until Christ comes again to take all the saints of God back to heaven with Him (CP Jn 14:1-3; 1Cor 15:51-58; 1 Thes 4:13-18).
See comments on 1Ti 4:1.