Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
New International Version NIV
1 But know this: difficult times will come in the last days.
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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 holding to the form of religion but denying its power. Avoid these people!
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having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
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