2 Timothy · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Timothy 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Γίνωσκε δε τούτο, ότι εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις θέλουσιν ελθεί καιροί κακοί·
1 But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.
1 Τοῦτο δὲ γίνωσκε, ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐνστήσονται καιροὶ χαλεποί·
2 διότι θέλουσιν είσθαι οι άνθρωποι φίλαυτοι, φιλάργυροι, αλαζόνες, υπερήφανοι, βλάσφημοι, απειθείς εις τους γονείς, αχάριστοι, ανόσιοι,
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2 ἔσονται γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι φίλαυτοι, φιλάργυροι, ἀλαζόνες, ὑπερήφανοι, βλάσφημοι, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς, ἀχάριστοι, ἀνόσιοι,
3 άσπλαγχνοι, αδιάλλακτοι, συκοφάνται, ακρατείς, ανήμεροι, αφιλάγαθοι,
3 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,
3 ἄστοργοι, ἄσπονδοι, διάβολοι, ἀκρατεῖς, ἀνήμεροι, ἀφιλάγαθοι,
4 προδόται, προπετείς, τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδονοι μάλλον παρά φιλόθεοι,
4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
4 προδόται, προπετεῖς, τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδονοι μᾶλλον ἢ φιλόθεοι,
5 έχοντες μεν μορφήν ευσεβείας, ηρνημένοι δε την δύναμιν αυτής. Και τούτους φεύγε.
5 holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
5 ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι. καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
6 Διότι εκ τούτων είναι εκείνοι, οίτινες εισχωρούσιν εις τας οικίας και αιχμαλωτίζουσι τα γυναικάρια τα πεφορτισμένα αμαρτίας, συρόμενα υπό διαφόρων επιθυμιών,
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,
6 ἐκ τούτων γάρ εἰσιν οἱ ἐνδύνοντες εἰς τὰς οἰκίας καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντες γυναικάρια σεσωρευμένα ἁμαρτίαις, ἀγόμενα ἐπιθυμίαις ποικίλαις,
7 τα οποία πάντοτε μανθάνουσι και ποτέ δεν δύνανται να έλθωσιν εις την γνώσιν της αληθείας.
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
7 πάντοτε μανθάνοντα καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα.
8 Και καθ' ον τρόπον ο Ιαννής και Ιαμβρής αντέστησαν εις τον Μωϋσήν, ούτω και αυτοί ανθίστανται εις την αλήθειαν, άνθρωποι διεφθαρμένοι τον νούν, αδόκιμοι εις την πίστιν.
8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
8 ὃν τρόπον δὲ Ἰαννῆς καὶ Ἰαμβρῆς ἀντέστησαν Μωϋσεῖ, οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι ἀνθίστανται τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, ἄνθρωποι κατεφθαρμένοι τὸν νοῦν, ἀδόκιμοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν.
9 Αλλά δεν θέλουσι προκόψει πλειότερον· διότι η ανοησία αυτών θέλει γείνει κατάδηλος εις πάντας, καθώς και η εκείνων έγεινε.
9 But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
9 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ πλεῖον· ἡ γὰρ ἄνοια αὐτῶν ἔκδηλος ἔσται πᾶσιν, ὡς καὶ ἡ ἐκείνων ἐγένετο.
10 Συ όμως παρηκολούθησας την διδασκαλίαν μου, την διαγωγήν, την πρόθεσιν, την πίστιν, την μακροθυμίαν, την αγάπην, την υπομονήν,
10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
10 Σὺ δὲ παρηκολούθηκάς μου τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ πίστει, τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ,
11 τους διωγμούς, τα παθήματα, οποία μοι συνέβησαν εν Αντιοχεία, εν Ικονίω, εν Λύστροις· οποίους διωγμούς υπέφερα, και εκ πάντων με ηλευθέρωσεν ο Κύριος.
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.
11 τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν, οἷά μοι ἐγένοντο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, ἐν Λύστροις. οἵους διωγμοὺς ὑπήνεγκα! καὶ ἐκ πάντων με ἐρρύσατο ὁ Κύριος.
12 Και πάντες δε οι θέλοντες να ζώσιν ευσεβώς εν Χριστώ Ιησού θέλουσι διωχθή.
12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
12 καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ θέλοντες εὐσεβῶς ζῆν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διωχθήσονται·
13 Πονηροί δε άνθρωποι και γόητες θέλουσι προκόψει εις το χείρον, πλανώντες και πλανώμενοι.
13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
13 πονηροὶ δὲ ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον, πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι.
14 Αλλά συ μένε εις εκείνα, τα οποία έμαθες και επιστώθης, εξεύρων παρά τίνος έμαθες,
14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
14 σὺ δὲ μένε ἐν οἷς ἔμαθες καὶ ἐπιστώθης, εἰδὼς παρὰ τίνος ἔμαθες,
15 και ότι από βρέφους γνωρίζεις τα ιερά γράμματα, τα δυνάμενα να σε σοφίσωσιν εις σωτηρίαν διά της πίστεως της εν Χριστώ Ιησού.
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.
15 καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
16 Όλη η γραφή είναι θεόπνευστος και ωφέλιμος προς διδασκαλίαν, προς έλεγχον, προς επανόρθωσιν, προς εκπαίδευσιν την μετά της δικαιοσύνης,
16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
16 πᾶσα γραφὴ θεόπνευστος καὶ ὠφέλιμος πρὸς διδασκαλίαν, πρὸς ἔλεγχον, πρὸς ἐπανόρθωσιν, πρὸς παιδείαν τὴν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ,
17 διά να ήναι τέλειος ο άνθρωπος του Θεού, ητοιμασμένος εις παν έργον αγαθόν
17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
17 ἵνα ἄρτιος ᾖ ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος, πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐξηρτισμένος.
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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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