< 2 Timothy 3 >

1 But this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;
But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in.
2 for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,
3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness,
4 traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God,
5 having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.
6 For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,
Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners--women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice,
7 always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.
8 Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.
And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned.
9 But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became.
But they will have no further success; for their folly will be as clearly manifest to all men, as that of the opponents of Moses came to be.
10 But thou hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,
But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation,
11 persecutions, sufferings: what [sufferings] happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.
and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.
12 And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.
But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
14 But thou, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of which] thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,
15 and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise to obtain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 Every scripture [is] divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;
17 that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work.
so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.

< 2 Timothy 3 >