2 Timothy 3
1 But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of 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.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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 of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the 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.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning 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 shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation,
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, 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, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast 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 that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through 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 is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
