| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. | 1But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. |
| 2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, | 2For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, |
| 3heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, | 3unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, |
| 4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, | 4treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. |
| 5having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. | 5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. |
| 6For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, | 6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions. |
| 7always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. | 7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. |
| 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. | 8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people--who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith--also oppose the truth. |
| 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. | 9But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. |
| 10You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, | 10You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, |
| 11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. | 11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. |
| 12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, | 12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
| 13while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. | 13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. |
| 14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it | 14You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you |
| 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. | 15and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. |
| 16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, | 16Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, |
| 17that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. | 17that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work. |
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