2 Timothy 3

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

But know this: In the last days there will be difficult times.

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

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, and unholy.

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

They will be without natural affection, unable to reconcile, slanderers, without self-control, violent, not lovers of good.

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

They will be betrayers, 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.

They will have a shape of godliness, but they will deny its power. Turn away from these people.

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 some of them are men who enter into households and captivate foolish women. These are women who are heaped up with sins and are led away by various desires.

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

These women are always learning, but they are never able to come to the 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.

In the same way that Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, these false teachers also stand against the truth. They are men corrupt in mind, and with regard to the faith they are proven to be false.

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 very far. For their foolishness will be obvious to all, just like that of those men.

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

But as for you, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, 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.

persecutions, sufferings, and what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. I endured persecutions. Out of them all, the Lord rescued me.

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

All those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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

Evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, leading others and themselves astray.

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, remain in the things that you have learned and have firmly believed. You know from whom you have learned.

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.

You know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings. These 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 has been inspired by God. It is profitable for doctrine, 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.

This is so that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.