2 Timothy 3
1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Now understand this: In the last days there will be grievous times;
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
because people will be self-lovers, money lovers, boasters, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
without family affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people;
6 They 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,
because they are the sort that press into households and ‘capture’ gullible women loaded down with sins, who are led along by various lusts,
7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
always learning yet never being able to come to a real knowledge of truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth—men of depraved mind, disqualified as regards the faith—
9 But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
but they will not advance any further because, as in the case of the former, their folly will become evident to all.
10 You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
You, however, have carefully followed my doctrine, my lifestyle, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance;
11 my 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.
the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured; yet the Lord delivered me out of them all.
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
In fact, any one who desires to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted;
13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
while malignant men and imposters will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
But you, continue in the things you have learned and to which you were committed, knowing from whom you learned,
15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
and that from infancy you have known the Sacred Scriptures which are able to make you wise into salvation through the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching, for reproving, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
so that the man of God may be fully competent, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
