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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
A Final Charge to Timothy

10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:3 ►
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

This verse really sums up the reality of life experiences. Folks may tolerate Christians, but deep down they mostly despise them, and are looking for any excuse to tell them so too.

We moved into a Christian college town, and the divide between townspeople and Christians is thick. The townspeople for the most part truly hate the college and anyone associated with it. When folks were getting to know us, they woild inevitably ask “and what do you do for work” and when we told them, it was like their whole countenance would change- they’d get visibly angry, clam up, and leave and that would be the last interaction qhat they would deign to have with us.

Others were a bit more polite, and would feign friendship AS LONG AS we never mentioned anything to do with God. They could run down the college, Christians, the church etc, but as soon as so eone tried to defend themselves agaisnt the fslse accusations, they would really get an earful of angry insults and more false accusations.

Not everyone were like that of course, but many were. You could definately see 2 Tim 3:3 was talking about them. They outright hate good, and weren’t shy about telling hrstians about their hatred either.