| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: | 1But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. |
| 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, | 2For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, | 3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, |
| 4traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. |
| 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! | 5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. |
| 6For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, | 6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions. |
| 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. |
| 8Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; | 8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people--who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith--also oppose the truth. |
| 9but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. | 9But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. |
| 10But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, | 10You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, |
| 11persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. | 11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. |
| 12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. | 12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
| 13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. |
| 14But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, | 14You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you |
| 15and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. | 15and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. |
| 16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, | 16Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, |
| 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. | 17that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work. |
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