20 Now in (A)a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, (B)some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, (C)if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,[a] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, (D)ready for every good work.

22 So (E)flee (F)youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with (G)those who call on the Lord (H)from a pure heart. 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant (I)controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And (J)the Lord's servant[b] must not be quarrelsome but (K)kind to everyone, (L)able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents (M)with gentleness. God (N)may perhaps grant them repentance (O)leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (P)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Godlessness in the Last Days

But understand this, that (Q)in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be (R)lovers of self, (S)lovers of money, (T)proud, (U)arrogant, abusive, (V)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, (W)heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, (X)not loving good, treacherous, reckless, (Y)swollen with conceit, (Z)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but (AA)denying its power. (AB)Avoid such people. For among them are (AC)those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to (AD)arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as (AE)Jannes and Jambres (AF)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (AG)men corrupted in mind and (AH)disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, (AI)as was that of those two men.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:21 Greek from these things
  2. 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

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