2 Timothy 3

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Evil in the Last Days

¹But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

¹But know this, that in the last days difficult times will be present.

²For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, verbally abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

³unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

³unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without control, savage, without love of good,

⁴traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

⁴betrayers, reckless, having been puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

⁵having a form of godliness but having denied its power. And turn away from these.

⁶They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

⁶For out of these are those slipping into households and taking captive weak women, heaped up with sins, being led by various passions,

⁷who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

⁷always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

⁸Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,^a so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

⁸Now by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men having been corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.

⁹But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

⁹But they will not advance much further, for their folly will be evident to all, as also that of those two became.

All Scripture Is God-Breathed

¹⁰You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

¹⁰But you have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

¹¹my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

¹¹persecutions, sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what manner of persecutions I bore up under! And the Lord delivered me out of all.

¹²Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

¹²And all those also wanting to live godlily in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

¹³while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹³But evil men and imposters will advance to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁴But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

¹⁴But you, abide in the things you learned and were convinced of, having known from whom you learned,

¹⁵From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

¹⁶Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete, having been completely equipped toward every good work.