LAASTE DAE / LAST DAYS

Dít moet jy weet: in die laaste dae sal daar swaar tye kom. Die mense sal selfsugtig wees, geldgierig, grootpraterig en verwaand, beledigend teenoor hulle medemense en ongehoorsaam aan hulle ouers, ondankbaar en ongodsdienstig; hulle sal liefdeloos en onversoenlik wees, kwaadpraters, bandeloos en wreed, sonder liefde vir die goeie; hulle sal verraaiers wees, roekeloos en hooghartig. Hulle sal eerder liefde vir genot hê as liefde vir God. Hulle sal nog die uiterlike skyn van die godsdiens hê, maar die krag van die godsdiens sal hulle nie ken nie. Bly weg van sulke mense af. - 2 Timoteus 3:1-5 NV BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. [They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God. For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them]. - 2 Timothy 3:1-5 Amplified Bible You may as well know this too, Timothy, that in the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad. They will be hardheaded and never give in to others; they will be constant liars and troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality. They will be rough and cruel, and sneer at those who try to be good. They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshipping God. They will go to church, yes, but they won't really believe anything they hear. Don't be taken in by people like that. - 2 Timothy 3:1-5 Life Application Bible