The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

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- Chapter 3 -

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

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

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

They will be betrayers, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.

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

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.

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

In the same way that Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses. In this way these false teachers also stand against the truth. They are men destroyed in mind, unapproved regarding the faith.

But they will not advance very far. For their foolishness will be obvious to all, just like that of those men.

All Scripture Is God-Breathed

(Hebrews 4:12–16)

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

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.

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

Evil people and impostors will go to even worse. They will lead others astray. They themselves are being led astray.

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

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.

All scripture has been inspired by God. It is profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Scripture Is God-Breathed

(Hebrews 4:12–16)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes

(a)3:16 or, Every writing inspired by God is