2 Timothy 3:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some men fool whole families, just to get power over those women who are slaves of sin and are controlled by all sorts of desires.

Cross References

Psalm 38:4

are so heavy that I am crushed.

Isaiah 1:4

Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

Matthew 11:28

If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be mad, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

Mark 4:19

But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

1 Timothy 5:6

A widow who thinks only about having a good time is already dead, even though she is still alive.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

Titus 1:11

But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

2 Peter 2:18

They boast 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.

2 Peter 3:17

My dear friends, you have been warned beforehand! So don't let the errors of evil people lead you down the wrong path and make you lose your balance.

Jude 1:16

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

Jude 1:18

They told you that near the end of time, selfish and godless people would start making fun of God.

Jude 1:4

Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.