2 Timothy 3:1 “But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.”

2 Timothy 3:1

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

World English Bible

But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.

American Standard Version

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

Geneva Bible 1599

This knowe also, that in the last dayes shall come perilous times.

Darby Translation

But this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;

Young's Literal Translation

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

Bible in Basic English

But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

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Cross references

“in”

2 Peter 3:3 2 Timothy 4:3 1 John 2:18 Jude 1:17 Micah 4:1 Isaiah 2:2

2 Peter 3:3 · BSB

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

2 Timothy 4:3 · BSB

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

1 John 2:18 · BSB

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

Jude 1:17 · BSB

But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

Micah 4:1 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

Isaiah 2:2 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

“perilous”

1 Timothy 4:1–3 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12 Daniel 12:11 Daniel 12:7 Daniel 8:8–14 Daniel 7:8

1 Timothy 4:1–3 · BSB

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

2 Thessalonians 2:3–12 · BSB

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

Daniel 12:11 · BSB

And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

Daniel 12:7 · BSB

And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and h…

Daniel 8:8–14 · BSB

Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

Daniel 7:8 · BSB

While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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