| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. | 1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. |
| 2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, | 2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, | 3unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, |
| 4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, |
| 5having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. | 5holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. |
| 6For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, | 6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, |
| 7always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. | 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. | 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. |
| 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. | 9But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also. |
| 10You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, | 10Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, |
| 11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. | 11persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! |
| 12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, | 12Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
| 13while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. |
| 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it | 14You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, |
| 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | 15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
| 16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, | 16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; |
| 17that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. | 17so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. |
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