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2 Timothy 3:4

PrideSelf-controlLove for others

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

3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

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Compare

BSB
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
KJV
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
WEB
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
ASV
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
DARBY
traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
BLB
betrayers, reckless, having been puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
ÅB
svikefulle, fremfusende, oppblåste, slike som elsker sine lyster høyere enn Gud,
OTB
forræderske, overilte, oppblåste, elskere av nytelse mer enn av hengivenhet til Gud,
B1930
svikefulle, fremfusende, opblåste, slike som elsker sine lyster høiere enn Gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Philippians 3:18–19

    For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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  • 1 Timothy 3:6

    He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

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  • Jude 1:4

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  • 2 Peter 2:10–22

    Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

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  • Jude 1:8–9

    Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

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  • Romans 16:18

    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  • Jude 1:19

    These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:6

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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