2 Timothy 3

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

BUT this know, that in the last days distressing 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 self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, vainglorious, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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

unnatural, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, inhuman, averse to goodness,

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

treacherous, wilful, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;

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

holding the form of godliness, but denying the power of it: from these men turn with aversion.

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,

For such are they who insinuate themselves into houses, and captivate weak women laden with accumulated sins, and actuated by a variety of passions,

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

always learning, yet never able to attain unto the knowledge of 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.

But in the same manner as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also set themselves in opposition to the truth; men corrupt in mind, reprobate respecting 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 shall not proceed to the uttermost; for their infatuation shall be evident to all men, as theirs also was.

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

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience,

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.

the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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

And all indeed who will live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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

But wicked men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and 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 abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and believed, knowing of whom thou hast 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.

and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ.

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

All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

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

that the man of God may be properly furnished, fully qualified for every good work.