2 Timothy 3

Douai-Rheims	New Jerusalem Bible
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.