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1 También debes saber, Timoteo, que los últimos tiempos serán difíciles.
1 But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.
2 La gente amará sólo el dinero y se amará a sí misma; será orgullosa, jactanciosa, blasfema, desobediente a sus padres, ingrata e impía.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Serán tan duras de corazón que jamás cederán ante los demás; serán mentirosas, inmorales, crueles y opuestas a todo lo que es bueno.
3 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,
4 Traicionarán a sus amigos; serán iracundas, vanidosas y preferirán los placeres antes que a Dios.
4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 Aparentarán ser religiosas, pero su conducta desmentirá sus apariencias. ¡No tengas nada que ver con esa gente!
5 holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
6 Esas personas son los que se introducen en casas ajenas y engañan a mujeres tontas y cargadas de pecado, a las que les gusta correr en pos de sus pasiones;
6 For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
7 siempre están aprendiendo, pero nunca logran conocer la verdad.
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Así como Janes y Jambres combatieron a Moisés, aquellas personas combaten la verdad; tienen la mente depravada y han fracasado en la fe.
8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
9 Pero no siempre se saldrán con la suya. Un día, su estupidez quedará al descubierto ante todo el mundo, de la misma manera que les pasó a Janes y Jambres.
9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
10 Pero tú conoces muy bien mis enseñanzas y sabes cómo me comporto; sabes cuáles han sido siempre mis creencias y mis propósitos. Conoces mi fe en Cristo y cuánto he sufrido por él. Sabes del amor que te profeso y de mi paciencia.
10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11 También sabes cuántas persecuciones y sufrimientos he tenido que afrontar especialmente en Antioquía, Iconio y Listra; pero el Señor me ha librado de todo ello.
11 persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
12 ¡Quien quiera vivir piadosamente para Cristo Jesús sufrirá persecuciones!
12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13 Pero las personas perversas y engañadoras irán de mal en peor, seguirán engañando a muchos, y ellas mismas serán engañadas.
13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 Pero tú sigue firme en lo que has aprendido, de lo que estás convencido. Ya sabes de quiénes lo aprendiste.
14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 Desde tu niñez conoces las Sagradas Escrituras, y estas te pueden dar la sabiduría que se necesita para la salvación mediante la fe en Cristo Jesús.
15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 La Escritura entera es inspirada por Dios y es útil para enseñarnos, para reprendernos, para corregirnos y para indicarnos cómo llevar una vida justa.
16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17 De esa manera, los servidores de Dios estarán plenamente capacitados para hacer el bien.
17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Jambres
Named in 2 Timothy as one of two men who opposed Moses, as the false teachers oppose the truth; they are traditionally Pharaoh's magicians.
Cited in the guide: 2 Timothy 3:8
Jannes
Named in 2 Timothy as one of two men who opposed Moses, as the false teachers oppose the truth; they are traditionally Pharaoh's magicians.
Cited in the guide: 2 Timothy 3:8
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Peter 3:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; 1 John 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
- 2 Philippians 2:21; Romans 1:29–31; Jude 16; Psalm 10:3; 2 Timothy 3:4
- 3 Jude 18; Romans 1:31; Matthew 10:21; 2 Peter 2:14; 1 Timothy 3:11
- 4 Philippians 3:18–19; 1 Timothy 3:6; Jude 4; 2 Peter 2:10–22; Jude 8–9
- 5 Isaiah 29:13; Titus 1:16; Matthew 23:27–28; 1 Timothy 5:8; Romans 2:20–24
- 6 Jude 4; Titus 3:3; 2 Peter 3:17; Jude 18; Titus 1:11
- 7 2 Timothy 4:3–4; Ephesians 4:14; 1 Timothy 2:4; Proverbs 14:6; John 5:44
- 8 Acts 13:8–11; Exodus 7:11; Revelation 2:20; 1 Timothy 6:5; Revelation 2:14–15
- 9 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 7:12; Jeremiah 28:15–17; Exodus 9:11; Psalm 76:10
- 10 1 Timothy 6:11; Titus 2:7; 2 Peter 1:5–7; 1 Timothy 4:6; Philippians 2:22
- 11 Psalm 34:19; Acts 14:5–6; 2 Corinthians 11:23–28; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:19–21
- 12 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:12–16; 1 Peter 2:20–21; Acts 14:22; Matthew 16:24
- 13 1 Timothy 4:1; Titus 3:3; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:6–11
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:2; 2 Timothy 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 10:22
- 15 Psalm 119:98–99; Luke 24:45; Proverbs 22:6; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Matthew 22:29
- 16 Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Mark 12:24; Psalm 19:7–11
- 17 2 Timothy 2:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:11; Hebrews 10:24
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He had said in the former Epistle, that "the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith" (1 Tim. iv.
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
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