Evil in the Last Days 1 UEB But know this: In the last days there will be difficult times. BSB BSB: But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
2 UEB For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, and unholy. BSB BSB: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 UEB They will be without natural affection, unable to reconcile, slanderers, without self-control, violent, not lovers of good. BSB BSB: unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
4 UEB They will be betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. BSB BSB: traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
6 UEB For some of them are men who enter into households and captivate foolish women. These are women who are heaped up with sins and are led away by various desires. BSB BSB: They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
7 UEB These women are always learning, but they are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. BSB BSB: who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
8 UEB In the same way that Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, these false teachers also stand against the truth. They are men corrupt in mind, and with regard to the faith they are proven to be false. BSB BSB: Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
9 UEB But they will not advance very far. For their foolishness will be obvious to all, just like that of those men. BSB BSB: But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
All Scripture Is God-Breathed (Hebrews 4:12–16)
10 UEB But as for you, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, BSB BSB: You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
11 UEB persecutions, sufferings, and what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. I endured persecutions. Out of them all, the Lord rescued me. BSB BSB: my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
12 UEB All those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. BSB BSB: Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
13 UEB Evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, leading others and themselves astray. BSB BSB: while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 UEB But as for you, remain in the things that you have learned and have firmly believed. You know from whom you have learned. BSB BSB: But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
15 UEB You know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings. These are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
17 UEB This is so that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. BSB BSB: so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
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