2 Timothy 3:1-5
"But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irrconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these."
I was reading this recently and because of the "lover of pleasure vs. lover of God" portion, I was inspired to write a list contrasting what these wordly men are like vs. what we as Christians should be like. It was interesting to see what came of it. It is also interesting to note that along with "unholy," "brutal," and "treacherous" is "disobedient to parents" a sin that we usually tend to place on a lesser scale, especially as this verse is in reference to "men" rather than children.
"But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irrconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these."
I was reading this recently and because of the "lover of pleasure vs. lover of God" portion, I was inspired to write a list contrasting what these wordly men are like vs. what we as Christians should be like. It was interesting to see what came of it. It is also interesting to note that along with "unholy," "brutal," and "treacherous" is "disobedient to parents" a sin that we usually tend to place on a lesser scale, especially as this verse is in reference to "men" rather than children.

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