2 Timothy 3

1 But know this, that in the last days terrible times will come.

But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.

2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, hateful of good,

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also.

holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

6 For among them are those who crawl into households and take captive weak-willed women weighed down with sins, led away by various passions and pleasures,

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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

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

8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Mushe, so do these also oppose the truth; people corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith.

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all, as theirs also was.

But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

11 persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.

persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.

12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Meshikha Yeshua will suffer persecution.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

13 But evil people and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Meshikha Yeshua.

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

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

17 that the person of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.