2 TIMOTHY Chapter 3 (GNB)

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3:1   Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days.

3:2   People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious;

3:3   they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;

3:4   they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God;

3:5   they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.

3:6   Some of them go into people's houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires,

3:7   women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth.

3:8   As Jannes and Jambres were opposed to Moses, so also these people are opposed to the truth---people whose minds do not function and who are failures in the faith.

3:9   But they will not get very far, because everyone will see how stupid they are. That is just what happened to Jannes and Jambres.

3:10   But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

3:11   my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all.

3:12   Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

3:13   and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

3:14   But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were,

3:15   and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

3:16   All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living,

3:17   so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.

CHAPTER ENDS