For example, compare the foregoing predictions with what the Bible foretold almost 20 centuries ago in regard to our day: “Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self - assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self - control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power. ” — 2 Timothy 3: 1 - 5.
उदाहरण के लिए, उपर्युक्‍त भविष्यवाणियों की तुलना उसके साथ कीजिए जो बाइबल ने हमारे समय के बारे में लगभग २० सदियों पहले पूर्वबताया: “मनुष्य अपस्वार्थी, लोभी, डींगमार, अभिमानी, निन्दक, माता - पिता की आज्ञा टालनेवाले, कृतघ्न, अपवित्र ।