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2 Timothy 3:1-7 NWT
3 But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away. 6 For from these arise those men who slyly work their way into households and lead as their captives weak women loaded down with sins, led by various desires, 7 always learning and yet never able to come to an accurate knowledge of truth.
2 Timothy 3:1-7 ALT
(1) But know [or, realize] this, that in [the] last days perilous times will come.
(2) For people will be lovers of themselves [or, self-centered], lovers of money, arrogant boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, ungodly,
(3) without natural affection [or, heartless], unwilling to be at peace with others [or, unforgiving], slanderous, lacking in self control, fierce, not loving what is good,
(4) traitors, headstrong [or, reckless], having been swollen up with pride, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
(5) having an outward form of godliness but having denied its power. And be keeping away from these [people].
(6) For of these [people] are the ones worming into houses and leading captive little [fig., gullible] women, having been weighed down with sins, being led away with various lusts,
(7) always learning and never able to come to a full [or, true] knowledge of truth.
2 Timothy 3:1-7 CEV
(1) You can be certain that in the last days there will be some very hard times.
(2) People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud, stuck-up, rude, and disobedient to their parents. They will also be ungrateful, godless,
(3) heartless, and hateful. Their words will be cruel, and they will have no self-control or pity. These people will hate everything that is good.
(4) They will be sneaky, reckless, and puffed up with pride. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure.
(5) Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people.
(6) Some men fool whole families, just to get power over those women who are slaves of sin and are controlled by all sorts of desires.
(7) These women always want to learn something new, but they never can discover the truth.
2 Timothy 3:1-7 LITV
(1) But know this, that in the last days grievous times will be upon us.
(2) For men will be lovers of themselves, money-lovers, braggarts, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
(3) without natural feeling, unyielding, slanderers, without self-control, savage, haters of good,
(4) betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
(5) having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it; even turn away from these.
(6) For of these are those creeping into houses and leading silly women captive, the ones having been heaped with sins, being led away by various lusts,
(7) always learning, but never being able to come to a full knowledge of the truth.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation