| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. | 1But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days. |
| 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, | 2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, | 3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good, |
| 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; | 4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, |
| 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. | 5holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people! |
| 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, | 6For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions, |
| 7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. |
| 8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. | 8Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith. |
| 9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. | 9But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also. |
| 10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, | 10But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance, |
| 11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. | 11along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all. |
| 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. | 12In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
| 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. | 13Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived. |
| 14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; | 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you, |
| 15And 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. | 15and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. |
| 16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: | 16All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, |
| 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. | 17so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. |
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