1 But understand this: In the last days | TOSK | TT |
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, | TOSK |
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, | TOSK |
4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | TOSK |
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! | TOSK |
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, | TOSK |
7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. | TOSK |
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. | IP | TOSK | TT |
9 But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone. | TOSK |
10 You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, | TOSK |
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. | IP | TOSK |
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, | TOSK |
13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | TOSK |
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. | TOSK |
15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | TOSK |
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, | TOSK |
17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. | C | TOSK |