1 Sepan que en [los] últimos días habrá tiempos difíciles, 2 porque habrá hombres egoístas, amigos del dinero, arrogantes, soberbios, blasfemos, desobedientes a [los] progenitores, ingratos, impíos, 3 sin afecto natural, irreconciliables, calumniadores desenfrenados, crueles, aborrecedores de lo bueno, 4 traidores, impetuosos, envanecidos, amadores de los placeres en vez de ser amadores de Dios. 5 Aunque tienen apariencia de piedad, niegan el poder de ella. Apártate también de ellos. 6 Porque de éstos son los que penetran en las casas y desvían a mujercillas cargadas de pecados, llevadas por diversas pasiones, 7 que siempre aprenden y nunca llegan al conocimiento de [la] verdad. 8 De la manera que Janes y Jambres resistieron a Moisés, así también éstos se resisten a la verdad, hombres de mente depravada, descalificados en cuanto a la fe. 9 No avanzarán mucho, porque su insensatez será evidente a todos, como también fue la de aquéllos. 10 Pero tú seguiste mi enseñanza, conducta, propósito, fe, longanimidad, amor, perseverancia, 11 persecuciones, padecimientos, como los que me vinieron en Antioquía, en Iconio y en Listra. Esas persecuciones sufrí, y el Señor me libró de todas. 12 También todos los que quieren vivir piadosamente en Cristo Jesús serán perseguidos. 13 En cambio los hombres malos e impostores avanzarán hacia lo peor, pues engañan y son engañados. 14 Pero tú permanece en las cosas que aprendiste y por las cuales te persuadiste, pues sabes de quiénes aprendiste, 15 y que desde niño sabes [las] Sagradas Escrituras, que pueden hacerte sabio en [la ]salvación por medio de [la ]fe en Cristo Jesús. 16 Toda [la] Escritura es inspirada por Dios, y útil para enseñanza, reprobación, corrección e instrucción en la justicia, 17 a fin de que el hombre de Dios sea equilibrado, equipado para toda buena obra.
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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)
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- 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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
For, being driven away from Him who truly is [God], and being turned backwards, he shall be for ever seeking, yet shall never find out God; but shall continually swim in an abyss without limits, unless, being converted by repentance, he return to the place from which he had been cast out, confessing one God, the Father, the Creator, and …
… a reply to every exception which you hear taken to what you read in it; for so you would become like those silly women of whom the apostle says that they are "always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Chapter 2 — Recapitulation of the Contents of the First Book In the foregoing book, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
All Scripture, then, is given by inspiration of God and is also assuredly profitable.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… inharmoniously, and foolishly, not keeping always to the same opinions with regard to the same things, as blind men are led by the blind, they shall deservedly fall into the ditch of ignorance lying in their path, ever seeking and never finding out the truth. It behoves us, therefore, to avoid their doctrines, and to take careful heed lest we …