2 Timothy, 3

1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

1. Be quite sure that there will be difficult times in the last days.

2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2. People will become selfish, lovers of money, boastful, conceited, gossips, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy.

3. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

3. They will be unable to love and to forgive; they will be slanderers, without self-control, cruel, enemies of good,

4. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

4. traitors, shameless, full of pride, more in love with pleasure than with God.

5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

5. They will keep the appearance of piety, while rejecting its demands. Keep away from such people.

6. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

6. Of the same kind are those who enter houses and captivate weak women, full of sins, swayed by all kinds of passion,

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

7. who are always learning but never grasping knowledge of the truth.

8. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

8. These people of corrupt mind and false faith oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses.

9. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was.

9. Yet they may not go very far, for their folly will be clear to all, as in the case of those two.

10. But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

10. You, instead, have closely followed my teaching, my way of life, my projects, faith, patience, love, endurance,

11. Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me.

11. persecutions and sufferings. You know what happened to me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. How many trials I had to bear! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

12. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

12. All who want to serve God in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

13. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

13. while evil persons and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

14. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];

14. As for you, continue with what you have learned and what has been entrusted to you, knowing from whom you received it.

15. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

15. Besides, you have known the Scriptures from childhood; they will give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

16. All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

16. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, refuting error, for correcting and training in Christian life.

17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

17. Through Scripture the man of God is made expert and thoroughly equipped for every good work.