New American Standard Bible 1995 | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. | 1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. |
2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, | 2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
3unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, | 3unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, |
4treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, |
5holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. | 5holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. |
6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, | 6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, |
7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. | 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. |
9But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also. | 9But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also. |
10Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, | 10Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, |
11persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! | 11persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! |
12Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. | 12Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
13But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. |
14You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, | 14You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, |
15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. | 15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; | 16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; |
17so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. | 17so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. |
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