2 Timothy 3 DBY
Summary: Paul warns that in the last days there will be times of difficulty, describing people who are lovers of self, money, and pleasure rather than lovers of God, having "the appearance of godliness, but denying its power" (v. 5), and comparing false teachers to Jannes and Jambres who opposed Moses. He recalls his own persecutions and sufferings that Timothy witnessed and observes that all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on deceiving and being deceived. He reminds Timothy of the sacred writings he has known from childhood, able to make him wise for salvation, and declares that "all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (v. 16).
1But this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;
2for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
4traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers ofGod;
5having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
6For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,
7always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
8Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.
9But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became.
10But thou hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,
11persecutions, sufferings: what [sufferings] happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.
12And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.
14But thou, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of which] thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
15and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
16Every scripture [is] divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
17that the man ofGod may be complete, fully fitted to every good work.
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