2 Timothy 3
1 But know this: In the last days there will be difficult times.
But know this, that in the last days terrible times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, and unholy.
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 They will be without natural affection, unable to reconcile, slanderers, without self-control, violent, not lovers of good.
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, hateful of good,
4 They will be betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
5 They will have a shape of godliness, but they will deny its power. Turn away from these people.
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also.
6 For some of them are men who enter into households and captivate foolish women. These are women who are heaped up with sins and are led away by various desires.
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,
7 These women are always learning, but they are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 In the same way that Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, these false teachers also stand against the truth. They are men corrupt in mind, and with regard to the faith they are proven to be false.
Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; people corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith.
9 But they will not advance very far. For their foolishness will be obvious to all, just like that of those men.
But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all, as theirs also was.
10 But as for you, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11 persecutions, sufferings, and what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. I endured persecutions. Out of them all, the Lord rescued me.
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.
12 All those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will suffer persecution.
13 Evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, leading others and themselves astray.
But evil people and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But as for you, remain in the things that you have learned and have firmly believed. You know from whom you have learned.
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 You know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings. These are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua.
16 All scripture has been inspired by God. It is profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 This is so that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
that the person of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
