2 Timothy 3

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

But understand this: In the last days terrible 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 themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

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

traitorous, reckless, 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.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

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,

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,

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

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

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

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

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

You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

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.

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.

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

Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

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

while evil men and imposters go from bad to 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 as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know 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 Messiah Yeshua.

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

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

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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

so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.