| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: | 1You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. |
| 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, | 2For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. |
| 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, | 3They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. |
| 4traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. |
| 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! | 5They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! |
| 6For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, | 6They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. |
| 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 7(Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.) |
| 8Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; | 8These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith. |
| 9but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. | 9But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres. Paul’s Charge to Timothy |
| 10But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, | 10But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance. |
| 11persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. | 11You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. |
| 12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. | 12Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. |
| 13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. |
| 14But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, | 14But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. |
| 15and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. | 15You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. |
| 16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, | 16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. |
| 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. | 17God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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