2 Timothy 3
1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
And know this, that in the last days there will come perilous times,
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, slanderous, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unkind,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, without control, barbaric, not lovers of those who are good,
4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
traitors, reckless, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
having a form of piety, but having denied its power; and be turning away from these,
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,
for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the weak women, loaded with sins, led away with manifold desires,
7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
always learning, and never able to come to a 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.
and even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so these also stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning 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, for their folly will be evident to all, as theirs also became.
10 You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
And you have followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, 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, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured! And the LORD delivered me out of all.
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
And all who will to live piously in Christ Jesus will also be persecuted,
13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
and evil men and impostors will advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
And you—remain in the things which you learned and were entrusted with, having known 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 because you have known the Holy Writings from infancy, which are able to make you wise—to salvation, through 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,
Every Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that [is] in righteousness,
17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
that the man of God may be fitted—having been completed for every good work.
