2 Timothy 3:1-9

Godlessness in the Last Days

1 But understand this, that y in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be z lovers of self, a lovers of money, b proud, b arrogant, abusive, b disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 c heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, d not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, e swollen with conceit, f lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but g denying its power. h Avoid such people. 6 For among them are i those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to j arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as k Jannes and Jambres l opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, m men corrupted in mind and n disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, o as was that of those two men.

  1. Cross References
    1 Timothy 4:1
    Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
  2. Cross References
    Philippians 2:21
    For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 16:14
    The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
    1 Timothy 6:10
    For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 1:30
    Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 1:30
    Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
  6. Cross References
    Romans 1:30
    Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.
  7. Cross References
    Romans 1:31
    Foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
  8. Cross References
    Titus 1:8
    But hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
  9. Cross References
    1 Timothy 3:6
    He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
    1 Timothy 6:4
    He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
  10. Cross References
    Philippians 3:19
    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
  11. Cross References
    1 Timothy 5:8
    But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
  12. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:20
    O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge.
    Titus 1:14
    Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
  13. Cross References
    Titus 1:11
    They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
  14. Cross References
    1 Timothy 2:4
    Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 7:11
    Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
  16. Cross References
    Acts 13:8
    But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
  17. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:5
    And constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
  18. Cross References
    Titus 1:16
    They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 7:12
    For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
    Exodus 8:18
    The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.
    Exodus 9:11
    And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
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