2 Timothy 3 English Standard Version
Godlessness in the Last Days
1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are 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 arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
If the days of prophecies are coming to an end, heeding the warnings become ever more important. Just how many more chances do we have to get this right?
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Are we hearing more and more lies these days? What better time is there to seek out the truth.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
Man of God should be read as a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression) meaning both men and women.
Get equipped and get to work or let the arrogant have their way. Do we understand?