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¹ KNOW this: that in the last days disas trous times will come.² And men shall be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, proud, conceited, blasphemers, disobedient to their own people, ungrateful, wicked,³ False accusers, addicts to lust, brutal, haters of good things,⁴ Traitors, hasty, boasters, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;⁵ Having a form of godliness, but are far from the power of God: from such turn away.⁶ For of this sort are those who creep into houses and captivate women sunken in sin, led away with divers lusts,⁷ Ever striving to learn, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth,⁸ Now just as Jan''nes and Jam''bres stood up against Moses, so do these also resist the truth, men of corrupt minds and far off from the faith.⁹ But they shall not progress, for their folly is well known to every man, as theirs also was.

¹⁰ But you have been a follower of my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, patience, charity, love, steadfastness,¹¹ Persecution and sorrows: you know the things which I endured at Antioch, and at Ico''ni- um, and at Lys''tra; how I was persecuted; and yet from all these my LORD delivered me.¹² Likewise, all those who wish to live a godly life in Jesus Christ shall suffer persecution.¹³ But bad and deceptive men shall grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.¹⁴ But hold fast to the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;¹⁵ And knowing that you have learned from your childhood the holy scriptures which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.¹⁶ All scripture, written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness:¹⁷ So that God''s people may become perfect, thoroughly perfected for every good work.