2 Timothy 3:1-12 ▼

1 And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

2 for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

3 without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

4 traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

5 having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

6 for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

7 always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

8 and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;

9 but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

10 And thou -- thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

11 the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,

12 and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,