“Difficult Times Will Come”
3BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress {and} trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].G51242For people will be lovers of self {and} [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money {and} aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud {and} arrogant {and} contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy {and} profane.G1063G444G2071G5367G5366G213G5244G989G545G1118G884G462
3[They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate {and} loose in morals {and} conduct, uncontrolled {and} fierce, haters of good.G794G786G1228G193G434G865
4[They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures {and} vain amusements more than {and} rather than lovers of God.G4273G4312G5187G5369G3123G2228G5377
5For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny {and} reject {and} are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].G2192G3446G2150G1161G720G1411G846G2532G5128G665
6For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate silly {and} weak-natured {and} spiritually dwarfed women, loaded down with [the burden of their] sins [and easily] swayed {and} led away by various evil desires {and} seductive impulses.G1063G1537G5130G1526G1744G1519G3614G2532G162G1133G4987G266G71G4164G1939
7[These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring {and} getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition {and} knowledge of the Truth.G3842G3129G2532G3368G1410G2064G1519G1922G225
8Now just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to {and} resisted Moses, so these men also are hostile to {and} oppose the Truth. They have depraved {and} distorted minds, and are reprobate {and} counterfeit {and} to be rejected as far as the faith is concerned.G3739G1161G5158G2389G2532G2387G436G3475G3779G436G3778G2532G436G225G444G2704G3563G96G4012G4102
9But they will not get very far, for their rash folly will become obvious to everybody, as was that of those [magicians mentioned].G235G4298G3756G1909G4119G1063G846G454G2071G1552G3956G5613G1565G2532G1096
10Now you have closely observed {and} diligently followed my teaching, conduct, purpose in life, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,G1161G4771G3877G3450G1319G72G4286G4102G3115G26G5281
11Persecutions, sufferings--such as occurred to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, persecutions I endured, but out of them all the Lord delivered me.G1375G3804G3634G1096G3427G1722G490G1722G2430G1722G3082G3634G1375G5297G2532G1537G3956G2962G4506G3165
12Indeed all who delight in piety {and} are determined to live a devoted {and} godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand].G1161G2532G3956G2309G2198G2153G1722G5547G2424G1377
13But wicked men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving {and} leading astray others and being deceived {and} led astray themselves.G1161G4190G444G2532G1114G4298G1909G5501G4105G2532G4105
14But as for you, continue to hold to the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced, knowing from whom you learned [them],G1161G3306G4771G1722G3739G3129G2532G4104G1492G3844G5101G3129
15And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of {and} been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you {and} give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].G2532G3754G575G1025G1492G2413G1121G3588G1410G4679G4571G4679G1519G4991G1223G4102G3588G1722G5547G2424
New Testament
16Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof {and} conviction of sin, for correction of error {and} discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action),G3956G1124G2315G2532G5624G4314G1319G4314G1650G4314G1882G4314G3809G1722G1343
17So that the man of God may be complete {and} proficient, well fitted {and} thoroughly equipped for every good work.G2443G444G2316G5600G739G1822G4314G3956G18G2041
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