{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:43:58.886Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"2 Timothy","bookSlug":"2-timothy","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But this know, that in the last days difficult times shall be there;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But thou hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"persecutions, sufferings: what sufferings happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But thou, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and of which thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Timothy 3 (DBT)","markdown":"[2 Timothy 3](https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/3 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}