2 Timothy 3
In the last days, perilous times will come, and people will be characterized by their love of self, greed, and disobedience. They will have the appearance of piety but reject its virtue, and they will lead others astray with their false teachings. However, their folly will eventually be exposed, and they will not advance beyond a certain point. Those who live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, but they should remain in the teachings they have learned from Scripture, which is useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in justice.
1And know this: that in the last days perilous times will press near2Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked3without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness4traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God5even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them6For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires7always learning, yet never achieving knowledge of the truth8And in the same manner that Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so also will these resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobates from the faith9But they will not advance beyond a certain point. For the folly of the latter shall be made manifest to all, just as that of the former10But you have fully comprehended my doctrine, instruction, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience11persecutions, afflictions; such things as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; how I endured persecutions, and how the Lord rescued me from everything12And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution13But evil men and deceivers will advance in evil, erring and sending into error14Yet truly, you should remain in those things which you have learned and which have been entrusted to you. For you know from whom you have learned them15And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice17so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work
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