Godlessness in the Last Days

2 Timothy 3

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.