2 Timothy 3:3 - Plain English Version3 They will be hard and cruel. They will remember the wrong things that other people do, and they will do payback to them. They will get wild easily, and they will never control themselves. They will always hate everything that is good. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17693 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition3 [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible3 unloving, contrary, and critical. They will be without self-control and brutal, and they won’t love what is good. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version3 without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness, Ver Capítulo |
They are always looking for a woman to sleep with, like a man sleeps with his wife. They do bad things, and they keep looking for more bad things to do. If somebody doesn’t strongly trust Christ, those people will trick that person and get them to go wrong. They are really greedy, wanting lots of money and things. They are the sort of people that God says he will properly punish.
That mob are always complaining and saying that they aren’t happy with things. They are always saying that other people have done things wrong. But they do all the bad things they want to do. They say very good things about themselves and tell everybody they are important. But they only say good things about other people when they want to get something from them.
Church leaders have to be like this, – They have to let visitors stay in their houses. – They have to really want to do good things. – They have to control themselves. – They have to be sensible. – They have to do what is right. – They have to do things that make God happy. – They have to be strong for Jesus.
So, if your husband or wife wants to sleep with you, to do what married people do together, you can’t say, “No.” But both of you can agree to wait for a while without sleeping together, so you can use the time to pray. Then, soon after that, you have to sleep together again. If you don’t, Satan might trick you. He knows you can’t control yourselves very well. If you go too long without sleeping together, then he will try to get one of you to sleep with somebody else.