2 Timothy 3
3
Godlessness in the Last Days
1But understand this, that #See 1 Tim. 4:1in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2For people will be #[Phil. 2:21] lovers of self, #Luke 16:14; [1 Tim. 6:10] lovers of money, #Rom. 1:30proud, #Rom. 1:30arrogant, abusive, #Rom. 1:30disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3#Rom. 1:31 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, #[Titus 1:8]not loving good, 4treacherous, reckless, #1 Tim. 3:6; 6:4 swollen with conceit, #Phil. 3:19lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having the appearance of godliness, but #See 1 Tim. 5:8 denying its power. #1 Tim. 6:20; [Titus 1:14]Avoid such people. 6For among them are #[Titus 1:11]those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7always learning and never able to #1 Tim. 2:4arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as #Ex. 7:11 Jannes and Jambres #[Acts 13:8] opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, #See 1 Tim. 6:5 men corrupted in mind and #Titus 1:16disqualified regarding the faith. 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, #Ex. 7:12; 8:18; 9:11as was that of those two men.
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God
10 # [Phil. 2:22] You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me #Acts 13:14, 45, 50 at Antioch, #Acts 14:1, 2, 5 at Iconium, and #Acts 14:6, 19 at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet #Ps. 34:19 from them all #ch. 4:17; [2 Cor. 1:10]the Lord rescued me. 12Indeed, all who desire to #Titus 2:12 live a godly life in Christ Jesus #See Acts 14:22will be persecuted, 13while #[Rev. 22:11] evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and #Titus 3:3being deceived. 14But as for you, #[1 Tim. 4:6]continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom#3:14 The Greek for whom is plural you learned it 15and how #[Eph. 6:4]; See ch. 1:5 from childhood you have been acquainted with #[John 5:39] the sacred writings, #Ps. 119:99which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16#Rom. 15:4; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that #See 1 Tim. 6:11 the man of God#3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression) may be complete, #[Luke 6:40] equipped #See ch. 2:21for every good work.
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2 Timothy 3
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1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
A Final Charge to Timothy
10You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the servant of God#3:17 Or that you, a man of God, may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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