Bible verses about "understanding" | Twentieth_Century

³³ But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

² My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing, ³ Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance. ⁴ And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect deficient.

⁶ Let your conversation always be kindly, and seasoned, as it were, with salt; that you may know in each case what answer you ought to give.

¹ Be sure of this, that in the last days difficult times will come. ² Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure, ³ incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right, ⁴ treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God; ⁵ and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such men as these. ⁶ For among them are to be found those who creep into homes and captivate weak women--women who, loaded with sins, and slaves to all kinds of passions, ⁷ are always learning, and yet never able to attain to a real knowledge of the Truth. ⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people, in their turn, oppose the Truth. Their minds are corrupted, and, as regards the Faith, they are utterly worthless. ⁹ They will not, however, make further progress; for their wicked folly will be plain to every one, just as that of Jannes and Jambres was. ¹⁰ But you, Timothy, were a close observer of my teaching, my conduct, my purposes, my faith, my forbearance, my love, and my patient endurance, ¹¹ as well as of my persecutions, and of the sufferings which I met with at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know what persecutions I underwent; and yet the Lord brought me safe out of all! ¹² Yes, and all who aim at living a religious life in union with Christ Jesus will have to suffer persecution; ¹³ but wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves. ¹⁴ You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it; ¹⁵ and that, from your childhood, you have known the Sacred Writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to Salvation. ¹⁶ Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness; ¹⁷ so that the Servant of God may be perfect himself, and perfectly equipped for every good action.