2 Timothy 3

1 But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

6 For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

11 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.

my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.