The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Moreover, understand this: in the acharit-hayamim will come trying times.
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But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.
2 People will be self-loving, money-loving, proud, arrogant, insulting, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, uncontrolled, brutal, hateful of good,
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Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
4 traitorous, headstrong, swollen with conceit, loving pleasure rather than God,
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False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
5 as they retain the outer form of religion but deny its power. Stay away from these people!
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Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
6 For some of them worm their way into homes and get control of weak-willed women who are heaped with sins and swayed by various impulses,
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For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,
7 who are always learning but never able to come to full knowledge of the truth.
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Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
8 In the same way as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moshe, so also these people oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds, whose trust cannot pass the test.
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And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.
9 However, they won't get very far; because everyone will see how stupid they are, just as happened with those two.
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But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.
10 But you, you have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose in life, trust, steadfastness, love and perseverance -
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But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that came my way in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
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My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.
12 And indeed, all who want to live a godly life united with the Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted,
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Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
13 while evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
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Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
14 But you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, recalling the people from whom you learned it;
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But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;
15 and recalling too how from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which can give you the wisdom that leads to deliverance through trusting in Yeshua the Messiah.
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And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living;
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Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
17 thus anyone who belongs to God may be fully equipped for every good work.
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So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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