{"book":"2 Timothy","slug":"2-timothy","ch":3,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Timothy","prev":"2-timothy/2","next":"2-timothy/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"But understand this: In [the] last days terrible times will come.","f":[],"h":"Evil in the Last Days","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to [their] parents, ungrateful, unholy,","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from [such] as these!","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"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,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"[who are] always learning [but] never able to come to a knowledge of [the] truth.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind [and] disqualified from the faith.","f":["See Jasher 79:27. The Book of Jashar or the Book of the Upright One is often cited as Jasher."],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"But they will not advance much further. For just like [Jannes and Jambres], their folly will be plain to everyone.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"You, however, have observed my teaching, [my] conduct, [my] purpose, [my] faith, [my] patience, [my] love, [my] perseverance,","f":[],"h":"All Scripture Is God-Breathed","style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"[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].","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Indeed, all who desire to live godly [lives] in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"while evil men and imposters go [from bad] to worse, deceiving and being deceived.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"But [as for] you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned [them].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"All Scripture [is] God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, [and] for training in righteousness,","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.","f":[]}]}