2Ti 3 | NASB2020 | STEP | But realize this , that in the last days difficult times will come .

2 Timothy 3

Difficult Times Will Come

1 But realize this, that ^ain the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be ^blovers of self, ^clovers of money, ^dboastful, ^earrogant, ^fslanderers, ^gdisobedient to parents, ^hungrateful, ⁱunholy, 3 ^junloving, irreconcilable, ^kmalicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, ^{▼▼Lit not loving good
,} ^mhaters of good, 4 ⁿtreacherous, ^oreckless, ^pconceited, ^qlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of ^{▼▼Or religion
,} ^sgodliness although they have ^tdenied its power; ^uavoid such people as these. 6 For among them are those who ^{▼▼Or creep into
,} ^wslip into households and captivate ^{▼▼Or idle
,} ^yweak women weighed down with sins, led on by ^zvarious impulses, 7 always learning and never able to ^aacome to the ^{▼▼Or recognition}knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as ^acJannes and Jambres ^adopposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, ^aemen of depraved mind, ^{▼▼Or unfit}worthless in regard to the faith. 9 But they will not make further progress; for their ^agfoolishness will be obvious to all, just ^ahas was that also of ^{▼▼Lit those}Jannes and Jambres.

10 Now you ^ajfollowed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, ^aklove, ^{▼▼Or steadfastness}perseverance, 11 ^ampersecutions, and ^ansufferings, such as happened to me at ^aoAntioch, at ^apIconium, and at ^aqLystra; what ^arpersecutions I endured, and out of them all ^asthe Lord rescued me! 12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus ^atwill be persecuted. 13 But evil people and impostors ^auwill proceed from bad to worse, ^avdeceiving and being deceived. 14 You, however, ^awcontinue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that ^axfrom childhood you have known ^aythe sacred writings which are able to ^azgive you the wisdom that leads to ^basalvation through faith which is in ^bbChrist Jesus. 16 ^bcAll Scripture is ^{▼▼Lit God-breathed}inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for ^{▼▼Or reprimand}rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that ^bfthe man or woman of God may be ^{▼▼Or proficient}fully capable, ^bhequipped for every good work.