2 Timothy 3

1 Be sure of this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 People will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such people as these.

Having a form of godliness, but denying its power: from such turn away.

6 For among them are to be found those who creep into homes and captivate weak women – women who, loaded with sins, and slaves to all kinds of passions,

For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,

7 are always learning, and yet never able to attain to a real knowledge of the truth.

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

8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people, in their turn, oppose the truth. Their minds are corrupted, and, as regards the faith, they are utterly worthless.

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, rejected as concerning the faith.

9 They will not, however, make further progress; for their wicked folly will be plain to everyone, just as the folly Jannes and Jambres was.

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be evident to all men, as theirs also was.

10 But you, Timothy, were a close observer of my teaching, my conduct, my purposes, my faith, my forbearance, my love, and my patient endurance,

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

11 as well as of my persecutions, and of the sufferings which I met with at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know what persecutions I underwent; and yet the Lord brought me safe out of all!

Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

12 Yes, and all who aim at living a religious life in union with Christ Jesus will have to suffer persecution;

And, all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13 but wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.

But evil men and seducers shall become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned them;

15 and that, from your childhood, you have known the sacred writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to salvation.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All scripture is God-breathed: helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 so that God’s people may be capable and equipped for good work of every kind.

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.