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1 But realize this, that ain the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be alovers of self, blovers of money, cboastful, carrogant, drevilers, cdisobedient to parents, eungrateful, funholy,
3 aunloving, irreconcilable, bmalicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, 1chaters of good,
4 atreacherous, breckless, cconceited, dlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of 1agodliness, although they have bdenied its power; cAvoid such men as these.
6 For among them are those who 1aenter into households and captivate 2bweak women weighed down with sins, led on by cvarious impulses,
7 always learning and never able to acome to the 1knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as aJannes and Jambres bopposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, cmen of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their afolly will be obvious to all, just bas 1Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
10 Now you afollowed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, blove, 1perseverance,
11 apersecutions, and bsufferings, such as happened to me at cAntioch, at dIconium and at eLystra; what fpersecutions I endured, and out of them all gthe Lord rescued me!
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus awill be persecuted.
13 But evil men and impostors awill proceed from bad to worse, bdeceiving and being deceived.
14 You, however, acontinue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that afrom childhood you have known bthe sacred writings which are able to cgive you the wisdom that leads to dsalvation through faith which is in eChrist Jesus.
16 aAll Scripture is 1inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for 2training in righteousness;
17 so that athe man of God may be adequate, bequipped for every good work.
1 aI solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to bjudge the living and the dead, and by His cappearing and His kingdom:
2 preach athe word; be ready in season and out of season; breprove, rebuke, exhort, with 1great cpatience and instruction.
3 For athe time will come when they will not endure bsound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and awill turn away their ears from the truth and bwill turn aside to myths.
5 But you, abe sober in all things, bendure hardship, do the work of an cevangelist, fulfill your dministry.
6 For I am already being apoured out as a drink offering, and the time of bmy departure has come.
7 aI have fought the good fight, I have finished bthe course, I have kept cthe faith;
8 in the future there ais laid up for me bthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on cthat day; and not only to me, but also to dall who have loved His eappearing.
9 aMake every effort to come to me soon;
10 for aDemas, having loved bthis present 1world, has deserted me and gone to cThessalonica; Crescens has gone to 2dGalatia, eTitus to Dalmatia.
11 aOnly bLuke is with me. Pick up cMark and bring him with you, dfor he is useful to me for service.
12 But aTychicus I have sent to bEphesus.
13 When you come bring the cloak which I left at aTroas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.
14 aAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm; bthe Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
15 Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our 1teaching.
16 At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; amay it not be counted against them.
17 But the Lord stood with me and astrengthened me, so that through me bthe proclamation might 1be cfully accomplished, and that all dthe Gentiles might hear; and I was erescued out of fthe lion’s mouth.
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will 1abring me safely to His bheavenly kingdom; cto 2Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
19 Greet Prisca and aAquila, and bthe household of Onesiphorus.
20 aErastus remained at bCorinth, but cTrophimus I left sick at dMiletus.
21 aMake every effort to come before bwinter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.
Titus
1 Paul, aa bond-servant of God and an bapostle of Jesus Christ, 1for the faith of those cchosen of God and dthe knowledge of the truth which is eaccording to godliness,
2 in athe hope of eternal life, which God, bwho cannot lie, cpromised 1dlong ages ago,
3 but aat the proper time manifested, even His word, in bthe proclamation cwith which I was entrusted daccording to the commandment of eGod our Savior,
4 To aTitus, bmy true child 1in a ccommon faith: dGrace and peace from God the Father and eChrist Jesus our Savior.
5 For this reason I left you in aCrete, that you would set in order what remains and bappoint celders in every city as I directed you,
6 namely, aif any man is above reproach, the bhusband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of cdissipation or drebellion.
7 For the 1aoverseer must be above reproach as bGod’s steward, not cself-willed, not quick-tempered, not daddicted to wine, not pugnacious, enot fond of sordid gain,
8 but ahospitable, bloving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,
9 aholding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in bsound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.
10 aFor there are many brebellious men, cempty talkers and deceivers, especially dthose of the circumcision,
11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting awhole families, teaching bthings they should not teach cfor the sake of sordid gain.
12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “aCretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. For this reason areprove them bseverely so that they may be csound in the faith,
14 not paying attention to Jewish amyths and bcommandments of men who cturn away from the truth.
15 aTo the pure, all things are pure; but bto those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their cmind and their conscience are defiled.
16 aThey profess to know God, but by their deeds they bdeny Him, being cdetestable and ddisobedient and eworthless ffor any good deed.
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