2 Timothy 2:22-3:9
English Standard Version Anglicised
22 So (A)flee (B)youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with (C)those who call on the Lord (D)from a pure heart. 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant (E)controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And (F)the Lord's servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but (G)kind to everyone, (H)able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents (I)with gentleness. God (J)may perhaps grant them repentance (K)leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (L)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
Godlessness in the Last Days
3 But understand this, that (M)in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be (N)lovers of self, (O)lovers of money, (P)proud, (Q)arrogant, abusive, (R)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 (S)heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, (T)not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, (U)swollen with conceit, (V)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but (W)denying its power. (X)Avoid such people. 6 For among them are (Y)those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to (Z)arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as (AA)Jannes and Jambres (AB)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (AC)men corrupted in mind and (AD)disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, (AE)as was that of those two men.
Footnotes
- 2 Timothy 2:24 Greek bondservant
2 Timothy 2:22-3:9
New International Version
22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love(A) and peace, along with those who call on the Lord(B) out of a pure heart.(C) 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.(D) 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.(E) 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(F) 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil,(G) who has taken them captive to do his will.
3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.(H) 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(I) boastful, proud,(J) abusive,(K) disobedient to their parents,(L) ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous,(M) rash, conceited,(N) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness(O) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(P)
6 They are the kind who worm their way(Q) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(R) 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(S) so also these teachers oppose(T) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(U) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men,(V) their folly will be clear to everyone.
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