2 Timothy 3
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1But know this: Hard times will come in the last days.1But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.
2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people.5holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!
6For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,6For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,
7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
8Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind and worthless in regard to the faith.8Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.
9But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.9But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also.
10But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,10But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,
11along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured--and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.11along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.
12In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.12In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.13Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,
15and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.15and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,16All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
17so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.17so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
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