2 Timothy 3
1 But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf,
But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.
2 coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde,
without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,
4 with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God,
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men.
holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
6 Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge,
For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
7 and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe.
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 And as Jannes and Mambres ayenstoden Moises, so these ayenstonden treuthe, men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith.
Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
9 But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was.
But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
10 But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue,
But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11 pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner persecucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle.
persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
12 And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun.
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13 But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud;
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 For al scripture inspirid of God is profitable to teche, to repreue, to chastice, to lerne in riytwisnes,
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God be parfit, lerud to al good werk.
that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
