2 Timothy 3–4

Chapter 3

Know also this, that in the last days shall come dangerous times.

²Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,

³Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness,

⁴Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure more than of God:

⁵Having an appearance indeed of godliness but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.

⁶For of these sort are they who creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires:

⁷Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.

⁸Now as Jannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

⁹But they shall proceed no farther: for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.

¹⁰But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

¹¹Persecutions, 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.

¹²And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

¹³But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,

¹⁴But continue thou in those things which thou hast learned and which have been committed to thee. Knowing of whom thou hast learned them:

¹⁵And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice:

¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.

Chapter 4

I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

²Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

³For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:

⁴And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

⁵But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

⁶For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.

⁷I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.

⁸As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

⁹For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:

¹⁰Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

¹¹Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

¹²But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

¹³The cloak that I left at Troas, with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee: and the books, especially the parchments.

¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works:

¹⁵Whom do thou also avoid: for he hath greatly withstood our words.

¹⁶At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

¹⁷But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished and that all the Gentiles may hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁸The Lord hath delivered me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁹Salute Prisca, and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.

²⁰Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

²¹Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren, salute thee.

²²The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.