2 Timothy 3

1 Be aware that there will be troubled times in the last days.

But know this, that in the last days hard times will come;

2 People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives.

and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boastful, lofty, blasphemous, to their men not obedient, deniers of grace, impious, calumniators,

3 Heartless and unforgiving, they'll commit slander and have no self-control. Brutal people who hate what's good,

subjected to lust, brutal, haters of the good,

4 they will betray others and be totally thoughtless. They are absurdly full of themselves, living so much for pleasure that they don't care about loving God.

traitors, impetuous, puffed up, lovers of lusts rather than the love of Aloha;

5 They may give an outward impression of being religious, but they don't actually believe it works. Stay away from these people!

having a form of the worship of Aloha, but from the power of Aloha afar off: (them) who are such put from thee.

6 They're the kind of people that slip into homes and take control of vulnerable women who are burdened down by the guilt of sin and distracted by all kinds of desires.

For of them are they who creep into houses, and captivate women who are overladen with sins, and led away by divers lusts;

7 These women are always trying to learn but they're never able to understand the truth!

who, in all time learning, never to the knowledge of the truth are able to come.

8 Just like Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these teachers also oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds whose supposed trust in God is a lie.

But as Yonis and Yanbris stood against Musha, so also these stand against the truth: men whose understanding is corrupted, and reprobate from the faith.

9 But they won't get far. Their stupidity will be obvious to everyone, just like that of Jannes and Jambres.

But they shall not come further, for their folly is known to all men, as also of them it is known.

10 But you know all about my teaching and behavior, and my aim in life. You know my trust in God and my love. You know what I've had to endure—

BUT thou hast followed my doctrine and my manners, and my purpose, and my faith, and my prolongedness of mind, and my charity, and my patience,

11 how I've been persecuted and what I've suffered. You know what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—the troubles I had and how the Lord rescued me from all of them.

and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what things I endured in Antioch, and in Ikonion, and in Lystra, what persecution I endured; and out of all these my Lord delivered me.

12 Of course it's true that everyone who wants to live a life devoted to God in Christ Jesus will experience persecution,

But all they who will in the fear of Aloha to live in Jeshu Meshiha, are persecuted.

13 while wicked people and frauds will do well, going from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceiving themselves too.

But wicked men and seducers add to their wickedness, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 But you must hold onto the things you've learned and are convinced are true. You know who taught you.

But abide thou in those things that thou hast learned, and in which thou art confirmed; for thou knowest from whom thou hast learned:

15 From your childhood you've known the holy Scriptures which can give you understanding for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus.

and that from thy childhood thou hast learned the holy writings, which are able to make thee wise to salvation, through faith which is in Jeshu Meshiha.

16 All Scripture inspired by God is useful for teaching, for confronting what is wrong, for setting us straight, and for telling us what is right.

FOR all scripture which from the Spirit is written, is profitable for doctrine, and for rebuke, and for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness:

17 This is how God provides a thorough preparation for those who work for him to accomplish all that's good.

that the man of God may be perfect unto every good work, and completed.