2 Timothy 3:1-5
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
King James Version · the opening — all 5 verses are below
Paul's catalog of last-days character deterioration, a pattern increasingly evident in every generation.
Read the whole passage — all 5 verses (KJV)
3:1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
3:4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
3:5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Fulfillment References
2 Peter 3:3 Matthew 24:12 1 Timothy 4:1-3
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