2 Timothy 3

1 But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in.

And know this: that in the last days perilous times will press near.

2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,

Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,

3 destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness,

without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness,

4 treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God,

traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God,

5 and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.

even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.

6 Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners--women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice,

For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires,

7 and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.

always learning, yet never achieving knowledge of the truth.

8 And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned.

And in the same manner that Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so also will these resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobates from the faith.

9 But they will have no further success; for their folly will be as clearly manifest to all men, as that of the opponents of Moses came to be.

But they will not advance beyond a certain point. For the folly of the latter shall be made manifest to all, just as that of the former.

10 But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation,

But you have fully comprehended my doctrine, instruction, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

11 and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.

persecutions, afflictions; such things as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; how I endured persecutions, and how the Lord rescued me from everything.

12 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

13 But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.

But evil men and deceivers will advance in evil, erring and sending into error.

14 But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,

Yet truly, you should remain in those things which you have learned and which have been entrusted to you. For you know from whom you have learned them.

15 and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise to obtain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;

All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

17 so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.

so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.