2 Timothy 3

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Know also this, that, in the last days, shall come dangerous times.	1 You may be quite sure that in the last days there will be some difficult times.
2 Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,	2 People wil be self-centred and avaricious, boastful, arrogant and rude; disobedient to their parents,ungrateful, irreligious;
3 Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness,	3 heartless and intractable; they wil be slanderers, profligates, savages and enemies of everything that isgood;
4 Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God:	4 they wil be treacherous and reckless and demented by pride, preferring their own pleasure to God.
5 Having an appearance indeed of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.	5 They wil keep up the outward appearance of religion but wil have rejected the inner power of it. Keepaway from people like that.
6 For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires:	6 Of the same kind, too, are those men who insinuate themselves into families in order to get influenceover sil y women who are obsessed with their sins and follow one craze after another,
7 Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.	7 always seeking learning, but unable ever to come to knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.	8 Just as Jannes and Jambres defied Moses, so these men defy the truth, their minds corrupt and theirfaith spurious.
9 But they shall proceed no farther; for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.	9 But they will not be able to go on much longer: their fol y, like that of the other two, must become obviousto everybody.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,	10 You, though, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my aims, my faith, my patience and my love,my perseverance
11 Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.	11 and the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in places like Antioch, Iconium and Lystra -- althe persecutions I have endured; and the Lord has rescued me from every one of them.
12 And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.	12 But anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be persecuted;
13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error.	13 while these wicked impostors wil go from bad to worse, deceiving others, and themselves deceived.
14 But continue thou in those things which thou hast learned, and which have been committed to thee: knowing of whom thou hast learned them;	14 You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were,
15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.	15 and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scriptures -from these you can learnthe wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice,	16 Al scripture is inspired by God and useful for refuting error, for guiding people's lives and teachingthem to be upright.
17 That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.	17 This is how someone who is dedicated to God becomes ful y equipped and ready for any good work.