2 Timothy 3:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

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  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ! 19 whose end `is' destruction, whose god `is' the belly, and whose glory `is' in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.
  • 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
  • 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
  • 2 Pet 2:10-22 : 10 and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of, 11 whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment; 12 and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed -- in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil -- in their destruction shall be destroyed, 13 about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse, 15 having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love, 16 and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept; 18 for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error, 19 liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude, 20 for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first, 21 for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged `it', to turn back from the holy command delivered to them, 22 and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; `A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, `A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord -- Jesus Christ -- denying,
  • Jude 1:8-9 : 8 In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of, 9 yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

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  • 2 Tim 3:1-3
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    1And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

    2for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

    3without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

  • Rom 1:28-32
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    28And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

    29having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

    30evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

    31unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful;

    32who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-7
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    5having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

    6for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

    7always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

  • Titus 3:3
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    3for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

  • 2 Pet 2:13-15
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    13about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you,

    14having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

    15having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

  • Jude 1:16-19
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    16These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

    17and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    18that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

    19these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord -- Jesus Christ -- denying,

  • Eph 4:19
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    19who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

  • 2 Tim 4:3-4
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    3for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

    4and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

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    3for sufficient to us `is' the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

    4in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

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    10whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

  • Jude 1:11-12
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    11wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

    12These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

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    13and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

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    4he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

    5wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

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    3this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

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    19whose end `is' destruction, whose god `is' the belly, and whose glory `is' in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

  • 2 Pet 2:2-3
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    2and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

    3and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

  • Jas 4:4
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    4Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

  • Rom 1:24-25
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    24Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

    25who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

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    12that they may be judged -- all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

  • Rom 16:18
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    18for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

  • Jas 5:5
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    5ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

  • Col 3:5-6
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    5Put to death, then, your members that `are' upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

    6because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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    10and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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    10for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --

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    14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,