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Don't be naive. There are difficult times ahead.

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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

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But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:

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You should also know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.

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As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse,

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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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For 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.

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dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical,

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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

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unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,

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They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control; they will be cruel and have no interest in what is good.

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treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God.

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treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--

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traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.

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They'll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they're animals. Stay clear of these people.

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having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

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having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

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They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. You must stay away from people like that.

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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."

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They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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They 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 many desires.

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They get exploited every time and never really learn.

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always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.

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always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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Such women are forever following new teachings, but they never understand the truth.

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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.

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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

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Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith;

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And these teachers fight the truth just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses. Their minds are depraved, and their faith is counterfeit.

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But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.

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But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

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but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.

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But they won't get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as happened with Jannes and Jambres.

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You've been a good apprentice to me, a part of my teaching, my manner of life, direction, faith, steadiness, love, patience,

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You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

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But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,

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But you know what I teach, Timothy, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith and how long I have suffered. You know my love and my patient endurance.

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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!

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persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

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persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra--what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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You 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 delivered me from all of it.

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Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there's no getting around it.

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In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

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Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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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.

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while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will go on deceiving others, and they themselves will be deceived.

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But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers--

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But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,

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But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

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But 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.

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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.

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and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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and 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.

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You 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.

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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.

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

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All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

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All 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 straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right.

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Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

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so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.