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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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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 love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
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3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
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4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
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4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
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5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
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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 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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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 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
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7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
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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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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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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
