Parallel Verses
NET Bible
treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Holman Bible
traitors,
International Standard Version
traitors, reckless, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
A Conservative Version
traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
American Standard Version
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Amplified
traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God,
An Understandable Version
treacherous [i.e., betrayers], reckless, conceited, [and] lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
Anderson New Testament
traitors, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,
Bible in Basic English
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Common New Testament
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Daniel Mace New Testament
cruel, enemies to virtue, traitors, insolent, conceited, and more devoted to pleasure than to piety:
Darby Translation
traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Godbey New Testament
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Goodspeed New Testament
treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,
John Wesley New Testament
Traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;
Julia Smith Translation
Traitors, rash, haughty, devoted to pleasure more than loving God;
King James 2000
Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Lexham Expanded Bible
traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,
Modern King James verseion
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more than the lovers of God,
Moffatt New Testament
they will be treacherous, reckless and conceited, preferring pleasure to God ??5 for though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force. Avoid all such.
Montgomery New Testament
They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God.
New Heart English Bible
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Noyes New Testament
betrayers, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Sawyer New Testament
traitors, rash, boasters, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
The Emphasized Bible
traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
treacherous, wilful, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;
Twentieth Century New Testament
treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;
Webster
Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Weymouth New Testament
treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God,
Williams New Testament
treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure more than God,
World English Bible
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Worrell New Testament
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Worsley New Testament
headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
Youngs Literal Translation
traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A characteristic of the wicked
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
Character » Of the wicked » Despising saints
Character » Of the wicked » Lovers of pleasure, not of God
Character » Of the wicked » Heady and high-minded
Character of the wicked » Despising the works of the faithful
Character of the wicked » Lovers of pleasure more than of God
Character of the wicked » Heady and high-minded
Citizens » Wicked and treasonable
Knowledge » Who has no knowledge
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Difficult Times Ahead In The Last Days
3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. 5 They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.
Cross References
1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.
Romans 11:20
Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
Romans 16:18
For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
Philippians 3:18-19
For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
1 Timothy 5:6
But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
2 Peter 2:10-22
especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
Jude 1:4
For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:8-9
Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.
Jude 1:19
These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.