2 Timothy 3

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 You may be quite sure that in the last days there will be some difficult times.	1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 People wil be self-centred and avaricious, boastful, arrogant and rude; disobedient to their parents,ungrateful, irreligious;	2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 heartless and intractable; they wil be slanderers, profligates, savages and enemies of everything that isgood;	3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 they wil be treacherous and reckless and demented by pride, preferring their own pleasure to God.	4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 They wil keep up the outward appearance of religion but wil have rejected the inner power of it. Keepaway from people like that.	5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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,	6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 always seeking learning, but unable ever to come to knowledge of the truth.	7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres defied Moses, so these men defy the truth, their minds corrupt and theirfaith spurious.	8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
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.	9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 You, though, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my aims, my faith, my patience and my love,my perseverance	10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
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.	11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 But anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be persecuted;	12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 while these wicked impostors wil go from bad to worse, deceiving others, and themselves deceived.	13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were,	14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
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.	15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 Al scripture is inspired by God and useful for refuting error, for guiding people's lives and teachingthem to be upright.	16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 This is how someone who is dedicated to God becomes ful y equipped and ready for any good work.	17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.