But realize this
, that ain the last
days
difficult
times
will come
.
For men will be alovers
of self
, blovers
of money
, cboastful
, carrogant
, drevilers
, cdisobedient
to parents
, eungrateful
, funholy
,
aunloving, irreconcilable
, bmalicious
gossips
, without
self-control
, brutal
, 1 chaters
of good
,
atreacherous, breckless
, cconceited
, dlovers
of pleasure
rather
than
lovers
of God
,
holding to a form
of 1 agodliness
, although they have bdenied
its power
; cAvoid
such men as these
.
For among them are those
who 1 aenter
into households
and captivate
2 bweak
women
weighed
down
with sins
, led
on by cvarious
impulses
,
always learning
and never
able
to acome
to the 1knowledge
of the truth
.
Just as aJannes
and Jambres
bopposed
Moses
, so
these
men also
oppose
the truth
, cmen
of depraved
mind
, rejected
in regard
to the faith
.
But they will not make further
progress
; for their afolly
will be obvious
to all
, just
bas 1Jannes's and Jambres's folly
was also
.
Now you afollowed my teaching
, conduct
, purpose
, faith
, patience
, blove
, 1perseverance
,
apersecutions, and bsufferings
, such
as happened
to me at cAntioch
, at dIconium
and at eLystra
; what
fpersecutions
I endured
, and out of them all
gthe Lord
rescued
me!
Indeed, all
who desire
to live
godly
in Christ
Jesus
awill be persecuted
.
But evil men
and impostors
awill proceed
from bad to worse
, bdeceiving
and being deceived
.
You, however, acontinue
in the things
you have learned
and become convinced
of, knowing
from whom
you have learned
them,
and that afrom childhood you have known
bthe sacred
writings
which are able
to cgive
you the wisdom
that leads
to dsalvation
through
faith
which is in eChrist
Jesus
.
aAll Scripture
is 1inspired
by God
and profitable
for teaching
, for reproof
, for correction
, for 2training
in righteousness
;
so that athe man
of God
may be adequate
, bequipped
for every
good
work
.