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Difficult Times Will Come

¹ But realize this, that ^(C1)in the last days difficult times will come.² For people will be ^(C1)lovers of self, ^(C2)lovers of money, ^(C3)boastful, ^(C3)arrogant, ^(C4)slanderers, ^(C3)disobedient to parents, ^(C5)ungrateful, ^(C6)unholy,^3 (C1)unloving, irreconcilable, ^(C2)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, ^(F1)(C3)haters of good,^4 (C1)treacherous, ^(C2)reckless, ^(C3)conceited, ^(C4)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,⁵ holding to a form of ^(F1)(C1)godliness although they have ^(C2)denied its power; ^(C3)avoid such people as these.⁶ For among them are those who ^(F1)(C1)slip into households and captivate ^(F2)(C2)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by ^(C3)various impulses,⁷ always learning and never able to ^(C1)come to the ^(F1)knowledge of the truth.⁸ Just as ^(C1)Jannes and Jambres ^(C2)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, ^(C3)men of depraved mind, ^(F1)worthless in regard to the faith.⁹ But they will not make further progress; for their ^(C1)foolishness will be obvious to all, just ^(C2)as was that also of ^(F1)Jannes and Jambres.

¹⁰ Now you ^(C1)followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, ^(C2)love, ^(F1)perseverance,^11 (C1)persecutions, and ^(C2)sufferings, such as happened to me at ^(C3)Antioch, at ^(C4)Iconium, and at ^(C5)Lystra; what ^(C6)persecutions I endured, and out of them all ^(C7)the Lord rescued me!¹² Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus ^(C1)will be persecuted.¹³ But evil people and impostors ^(C1)will proceed from bad to worse, ^(C2)deceiving and being deceived.¹⁴ You, however, ^(C1)continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,¹⁵ and that ^(C1)from childhood you have known ^(C2)the sacred writings which are able to ^(C3)give you the wisdom that leads to ^(C4)salvation through faith which is in ^(C5)Christ Jesus.^16 (C1)All Scripture is ^(F1)inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for ^(F2)rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;¹⁷ so that ^(C1)the man or woman of God may be ^(F1)fully capable, ^(C2)equipped for every good work.