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| 1But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. | 1You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come. |
| 2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, | 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, | 3unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good, |
| 4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4traitors, reckless, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. |
| 5having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. | 5They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. |
| 6For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, | 6For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires. |
| 7always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. | 7These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth. |
| 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. | 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit. |
| 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. | 9But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone. |
| 10You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, | 10But you have observed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, |
| 11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. | 11and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. |
| 12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, | 12Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in union with the Messiah Jesus will be persecuted. |
| 13while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived. |
| 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it | 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and found to be true, because you know from whom you learned it. |
| 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | 15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus. |
| 16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, | 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, |
| 17that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. | 17so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action. |
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