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2 Timothy 3

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1 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.
1 Don't be naive. There are difficult times ahead.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2 As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse,
3 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
3 dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical,
4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
4 treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God.
5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also.
5 They'll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they're animals. Stay clear of these people.
6 For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
6 These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their sinfulness, take up with every new religious fad that calls itself "truth."
7 always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
7 They get exploited every time and never really learn.
8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moshe, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
8 These men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged Moses. They were rejects from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself.
9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
9 But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.
10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
10 You've been a good apprentice to me, a part of my teaching, my manner of life, direction, faith, steadiness, love, patience,
11 persecutions, and sufferings; those things that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; those persecutions that I endured. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.
11 troubles, sufferings - suffering along with me in all the grief I had to put up with in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. And you also well know that God rescued me!
12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will suffer persecution.
12 Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there's no getting around it.
13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
13 Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as deceived as the people they lead astray. As long as they are out there, things can only get worse.
14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
14 But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers -
15 From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua.
15 why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother's milk! There's nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness,
16 Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another - showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way.
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
17 Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.