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Ang mga Huling Araw

Unawain mo ito: Magkakaroon ng mga panahon ng kapighatian sa mga huling araw. Ang mga tao'y magiging makasarili, sakim sa salapi, mayayabang, mapagmalaki, mapagmalabis, suwail sa mga magulang, walang utang na loob, at lapastangan sa Diyos. Sila'y magiging malupit, walang habag, mapanirang-puri, walang pagpipigil sa sarili, mababangis, at namumuhi sa mabuti. Sila'y magiging taksil, pabaya, mapusok, maibigin sa kalayawan sa halip na maibigin sa Diyos. Sila'y magkukunwaring maka-Diyos, ngunit tinatanggihan naman ang kapangyarihan nito. Layuan mo ang ganitong uri ng mga tao. May ilan sa kanila ang gumagamit ng panlilinlang upang makapasok sa mga tahanan at makabihag ng mga mahihinang kababaihan, mga kababaihang pinahihirapan ng kasalanan at ng iba't ibang uri ng pagnanasa. Sila'y laging tinuturuan, ngunit hindi nila natututuhan ang katotohanan. Kung (A) paanong sinalungat nina Janes at Jambres si Moises, kalaban din ng katotohanan ang mga taong ito, mga taong masasama ang pag-iisip at hindi tunay ang pananampalataya. Ngunit hindi magtatagal ang kanilang kasamaan, sapagkat mahahayag sa lahat ang kanilang kahangalan, gaya ng nangyari kina Janes at Jambres.

Mga Huling Habilin

10 Sinunod mong mabuti ang aking itinuro sa iyo, ang aking pamumuhay at layunin. Tinularan mo ang aking pananampalataya, pagtitiyaga, pag-ibig, at pagtitiis. 11 Nasaksihan (B) mo ang mga pag-uusig at pagdurusang dinanas ko sa Antioquia, Iconio, at Listra. Ganoon na lang ang mga pag-uusig na tiniis ko! Ngunit sa lahat ng ito ay iniligtas ako ng Panginoon. 12 Totoo ngang ang lahat ng ibig mabuhay bilang tagasunod ni Cristo Jesus ay daranas ng pag-uusig. 13 Samantalang ang masasama at mandaraya ay lalong magpapakasama; sila'y manlilinlang at malilinlang. 14 Ngunit ikaw, magpatuloy ka sa mga bagay na natutuhan mo at matibay mong pinaniwalaan, yamang kilala mo ang mga nagturo nito sa iyo. 15 Mula pa sa iyong pagkabata ay alam mo na ang Banal na Kasulatan, na nagbigay sa iyo ng karunungan upang matutuhan ang kaligtasang makakamit sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Cristo Jesus. 16 Ang lahat ng mga kasulatan ay ihininga ng Diyos at mapapakinabangan sa pagtuturo, sa pagsaway, pagtutuwid, at pagsasanay sa katuwiran, 17 upang ang lingkod ng Diyos ay maging karapat-dapat at lubusang maihanda sa lahat ng mabubuting gawa.

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.(A) People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(B) boastful, proud,(C) abusive,(D) disobedient to their parents,(E) ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous,(F) rash, conceited,(G) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness(H) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(I)

They are the kind who worm their way(J) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(K) Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(L) so also these teachers oppose(M) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(N) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men,(O) their folly will be clear to everyone.

A Final Charge to Timothy

10 You, however, know all about my teaching,(P) my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch,(Q) Iconium(R) and Lystra,(S) the persecutions I endured.(T) Yet the Lord rescued(U) me from all of them.(V) 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,(W) 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse,(X) deceiving and being deceived.(Y) 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,(Z) 15 and how from infancy(AA) you have known the Holy Scriptures,(AB) which are able to make you wise(AC) for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed(AD) and is useful for teaching,(AE) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,(AF) 17 so that the servant of God[a](AG) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(AH)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,

This know also: that in the last days perilous times shall come.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without selfcontrol, fierce, despisers of those who are good,

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,

having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. From such turn away.

For of this sort are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth — men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

But they shall proceed no further, for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

11 persecutions, afflictions which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra — what persecutions I endured. But out of them all, the Lord delivered me.

12 Yea, and all who will live a godly life in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned them,

15 and that from childhood thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

17 that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for all good works.