2 Timothy 3

¹2 Timothy 3:1. But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.²2 Timothy 3:2. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,³2 Timothy 3:3. unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,⁴2 Timothy 3:4. traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,⁵2 Timothy 3:5. having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!⁶2 Timothy 3:6. They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,⁷2 Timothy 3:7. who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.⁸2 Timothy 3:8. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.⁹2 Timothy 3:9. But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

¹⁰2 Timothy 3:10. You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,¹¹2 Timothy 3:11. my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.¹²2 Timothy 3:12. Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,¹³2 Timothy 3:13. while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.¹⁴2 Timothy 3:14. But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.¹⁵2 Timothy 3:15. From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.¹⁶2 Timothy 3:16. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,¹⁷2 Timothy 3:17. so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.