2 Timothy 3
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1 But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come. 2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good, 4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also. 6For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected. 9But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, 11persecutions, 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. 12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will suffer persecution. 13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. 15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Messiah Yeshua. 16Every Scripture is God-breathed and#3:16 or, Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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2 Timothy 3
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Difficult Times Ahead
1But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days. # Jn 6:39; Php 1:6; 1Pt 1:5; 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18 2For people will be lovers of self, # Php 2:21; 1Tm 6:4 lovers of money, # Lk 16:14; 1Tm 3:3; 6:10 boastful, proud, # Pr 16:18; Lk 1:51; Rm 1:30 blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, # 1Tm 1:9 3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, # Jn 14:6 without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good, # Ti 1:8 4traitors, # Lk 6:16; Ac 7:52 reckless, # Ac 19:36 conceited, # 1Tm 3:6; 6:4 lovers of pleasure # Php 3:19 rather than lovers of God, 5holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. # 1Co 4:20; 2Co 13:4; Ti 1:16 Avoid these people! # Mt 7:15; 2Th 3:6
6For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions, # 2Pt 1:4; 2:10 7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. # 2Co 11:10; 1Tm 2:4; 2Tm 2:25; Ti 1:1 8Just as Jannes and Jambres # Ex 7:11-12; 8:18; 9:11 resisted Moses, # Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, # 1Co 14:14; Php 4:7 worthless # 2Co 13:5-7 in regard to the faith. 9But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs # = Jannes and Jambres was also.
Struggles in the Christian Life
10But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, # Pr 19:21; Ac 11:23 faith, patience, love, # 1Co 13:1; 1Jn 4:16 and endurance, 11along with the persecutions and sufferings # Gl 5:24; Php 3:10 that came to me in Antioch, # Ac 13:14; 14:19,21 Iconium, # Ac 13:51; 16:2 and Lystra. # Ac 14:6,8; 27:5 What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all. 12In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. # Jn 15:20; Ac 14:22; 2Co 4:9-10 13Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving # Rv 20:10 and being deceived. 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you, # 2Tm 1:13 15and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, # Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20-21 which are able to give you wisdom for salvation # Ac 4:12; 2Co 7:10; Heb 5:9 through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is inspired by God # Lit breathed out by God ; the Scripture is the product of God’s Spirit working through men; 2Pt 1:20-21. # 2Pt 1:20-21 and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. # 2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10; 1Tm 5:10; 2Tm 2:21
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