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2 Timothy 3:2

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People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud, stuck-up, rude, and disobedient to their parents. They will also be ungrateful, godless,

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The wicked brag about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.

They trust in their riches and brag about all of their wealth.

(A special psalm by David for the music leader. He wrote this when Doeg from Edom went to Saul and said, "David has gone to Ahimelech's house.") You people may be strong and brag about your sins, but God can be trusted day after day.

Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,

King of Assyria, can an ax or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?

This king will do as he pleases. He will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true God. Indeed, he will be successful until God is no longer angry with his people.

"This king will speak evil of God Most High, and he will be cruel to God's chosen ones. He will try to change God's Law and the sacred seasons. And he will be able to do this for a time, two times, and half a time.

Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching.

Then he said to the crowd, "Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe."

The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

But love your enemies and be good to them. Lend without expecting to be paid back. Then you will get a great reward, and you will be the true children of God in heaven. He is good even to people who are unthankful and cruel.

Not long ago Theudas claimed to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed. All his followers were scattered, and that was the end of that.

But don't think you are better than the branches that were cut away. Just remember that you are not supporting the roots of that tree. Its roots are supporting you.

And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us.

The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus.

Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols.

He will brag and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.

Two of them are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I have given these men over to the power of Satan, so they will learn not to oppose God.

We also understand that it wasn't given to control people who please God, but to control lawbreakers, criminals, godless people, and sinners. It is for wicked and evil people, and for murderers, who would even kill their own parents.

They must not be heavy drinkers or troublemakers. Instead, they must be kind and gentle and not love money.

The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much that they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

Those people who disagree are proud of themselves, but they don't really know a thing. Their minds are sick, and they like to argue over words. They cause jealousy, disagreements, unkind words, evil suspicions,

They will be sneaky, reckless, and puffed up with pride. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure.

You will do all right, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.

Yet you are stupid enough to brag, and it is wrong to be so proud.

In fact, God treats us with even greater kindness, just as the Scriptures say, "God opposes everyone who is proud, but he is kind to everyone who is humble."

All of you young people should obey your elders. In fact, everyone should be humble toward everyone else. The Scriptures say, "God opposes proud people, but he helps everyone who is humble."

The Lord is especially hard on people who disobey him and don't think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and are not afraid of cursing the glorious beings in heaven.

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

They brag out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.

(12:18) (The dragon stood on the beach beside the sea.) I looked and saw a beast coming up from the sea. This one had ten horns and seven heads, and a crown was on each of its ten horns. On each of its heads were names that were an insult to God.

And because of their painful sores, they cursed the God who rules in heaven. But still they did not stop doing evil things.

Hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds each, fell from the sky on people. Finally, the people cursed God, because the hail was so terrible.

Everyone was scorched by its great heat, and all of them cursed the name of God who had power over these terrible troubles. But no one turned to God and praised him.




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