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2Timothy 3
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Difficult Times Ahead

3Don't be naive. There are difficult times ahead.G5124G1097G1161G3754G1722G2078G2250G5467G2540G1764 2As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse,G1063G444G2071G5367G5366G213G5244G989G545G1118G884G462 3dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical,G794G786G1228G193G434G865 4treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God.G4273G4312G5187G5369G3123G2228G5377 5They'll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they're animals. Stay clear of these people.G2192G3446G2150G1161G720G1411G846G2532G5128G665 6These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their sinfulness, take up with every new religious fad that calls itself "truth."G1063G1537G5130G1526G1744G1519G3614G2532G162G1133G4987G266G71G4164G1939 7They get exploited every time and never really learn.G3842G3129G2532G3368G1410G2064G1519G1922G225 8These men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged Moses. They were rejects from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself.G3739G1161G5158G2389G2532G2387G436G3475G3779G436G3778G2532G436G225G444G2704G3563G96G4012G4102 9But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.G235G4298G3756G1909G4119G1063G846G454G2071G1552G3956G5613G1565G2532G1096

Keep the Message Alive

10You've been a good apprentice to me, a part of my teaching, my manner of life, direction, faith, steadiness, love, patience,G1161G4771G3877G3450G1319G72G4286G4102G3115G26G5281 11troubles, sufferings—suffering along with me in all the grief I had to put up with in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. And you also well know that God rescued me!G1375G3804G3634G1096G3427G1722G490G1722G2430G1722G3082G3634G1375G5297G2532G1537G3956G2962G4506G3165 12Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there's no getting around it.G1161G2532G3956G2309G2198G2153G1722G5547G2424G1377 13Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as deceived as the people they lead astray. As long as they are out there, things can only get worse.G1161G4190G444G2532G1114G4298G1909G5501G4105G2532G4105 14But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers—G1161G3306G4771G1722G3739G3129G2532G4104G1492G3844G5101G3129 15why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother's milk! There's nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.G2532G3754G575G1025G1492G2413G1121G3588G1410G4679G4571G4679G1519G4991G1223G4102G3588G1722G5547G2424 16Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way.G3956G1124G2315G2532G5624G4314G1319G4314G1650G4314G1882G4314G3809G1722G1343 17Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.G2443G444G2316G5600G739G1822G4314G3956G18G2041


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