2 Timothy 3:2-4 Last Days

2 Timothy 3:2-4 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God –

These verses list 18 characteristics of those who will be found in the world in these last days. In each case Paul uses mostly single words to describe these people. They are self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, truce-breakers, hard-hearted, slanderers (or devils), unself-controlled, untamed, not loving the good (only here), traitors, headstrong, puffed up, pleasure lovers rather than God lovers. Such verses warn us both what to expect even from people who profess to be Christians and the sorts of things that we who are true believers must also be aware of and seek to run from so that we love others, avoid the love of money, remain humble, speak purely, obey those in authority, give thanks, be holy, be honest, be loving, speak kindly, be self-controlled, be quiet, love the good, be loyal, keep your head, and love God rather than pleasure.