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2 Timothy 3:2

WEB

2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

KJV

2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

BSB

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

FBV

2People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives.

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Extra References

Philippians 2:21

21For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.


Romans 1:29-31

29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;


Psalms 10:3

3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.


Jude 1:16

16These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lustsand their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.


2 Timothy 3:4

4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,


2 Peter 2:14-15

14having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children! 15Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;


1 Timothy 6:10

10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


Colossians 3:5

5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.


James 4:6

6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”


2 Peter 2:18

18For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;