No person can say that this is not true. So you should be quiet. You must stop and think before you do anything.
2 Timothy 3:4 - Easy To Read Version In the last days people will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited and proud. People will love pleasure—they will not love God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
No person can say that this is not true. So you should be quiet. You must stop and think before you do anything.
Your ancestors persecuted {\cf2\super [148]} every prophet {\cf2\super [149]} that ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the Righteous One (Christ {\cf2\super [150]})would come. But your ancestors killed those prophets. And now you have turned against the Righteous One and killed him.
That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe. And you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Don’t be proud, but be afraid.
People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.
But an elder must not be a new believer. It might make a new believer be too proud of himself \{if he were made an elder\}. Then he would be judged (condemned) for his pride the same as the devil was.
But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.
Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.