Since no one can [really] say anything against these things, just calm down and do not do anything foolish.
2 Timothy 3:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) treacherous [i.e., betrayers], reckless, conceited, [and] lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God. American Standard Version (1901) traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; Common English Bible They will be people who are disloyal, reckless, and conceited. They will love pleasure instead of loving God. Catholic Public Domain Version traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God: |
Since no one can [really] say anything against these things, just calm down and do not do anything foolish.
Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
True, but they [i.e., the Jews] were [really] broken off because they did not believe [in Christ], and you [Gentiles] remain [in God’s favor] because you do believe [in Him]. So, do not become arrogant [about it], but be fearful.
For such men are not serving our Lord Christ but their own [unspiritual] appetites. They are deceiving the minds of innocent people by their smooth talk and flattering words.
[He must] not be a new convert or else he could become conceited [i.e., over being in a leadership position] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil.
But the widow who devotes herself to unrestrained pleasure is [spiritually] dead, even while still living.
[Solemnly] urge those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to place their hope in the uncertainty of [their] wealth, but in God, who generously supplies us with everything to enjoy.
These are people who cause divisions [among God’s people]; they follow their natural inclinations [i.e., worldly principles], for they do not have the Holy Spirit [in their lives].
For certain men have secretly infiltrated [your ranks]; they are men who had been written about long ago that they should be judged [and condemned] for perverting the unearned favor of our God into [a license for] living unrestrained, indecent lives, and who deny [the identity and work of] our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.