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1 Know also this, that in the last days shall come dangerous times.
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1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
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2 Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,
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2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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3 Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness,
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3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
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4 Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure more than of God:
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4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
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5 Having an appearance indeed of godliness but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.
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5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
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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:
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6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
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7 Ever learning, and never attaining to the knowledge of the truth.
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7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
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8 Now as Jannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
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8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
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9 But they shall proceed no farther: for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.
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9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
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10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
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10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
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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.
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11 persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
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12 And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,
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13 while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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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:
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14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
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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.
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15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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16 All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice:
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16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
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17 That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.
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17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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