| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. | 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. |
| 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, | 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, | 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, |
| 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; | 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- |
| 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. | 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. |
| 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, | 6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, |
| 7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 7always learning but 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 opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. |
| 9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. | 9But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. |
| 10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, | 10You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, 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. | 11persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. |
| 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. | 12In fact, everyone who wants 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. | 13while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to 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 have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, |
| 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 how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise 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 God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, |
| 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. | 17so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. |
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