2 Timothy 3

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.