'But2understand3this,1that4in5the last6days7there will come8times9of difficulty.10 For2people4will be1lovers of self,5lovers of money,6proud,7arrogant,8abusive,9disobedient11to [their] parents,10ungrateful,12unholy,13 heartless,1unappeasable,2slanderous,3without self-control,4brutal,5not loving good,6 treacherous,1reckless,2swollen with conceit,3lovers of pleasure4rather5than6lovers of God,7 having1the appearance2of godliness,3but5denying8its7power.6Avoid11such people.10 For3among1them2are4those5who creep6into7households9and10capture11weak women,12burdened with13sins14andled astray by15various17passions,16 always1learning2and3never4able9to arrive8at5a knowledge6of the truth.7 Just as12Jannes4and5Jambres6opposed7Moses,8so9these men11also10oppose12the13truth,14men15corrupted16in mind18anddisqualified19regarding20the21faith.22 But1they will3not2get3very far,45for7their9folly8will be11plain10to all,12as13was17that15of those [two] men.16 You,1however,2have followed3my4teaching,6myconduct,8myaim in life,10myfaith,12mypatience,14mylove,16mysteadfastness,18 mypersecutions2andsufferings4that5happened7to me6at8Antioch,9at10Iconium,11andat12Lystra13— which14persecutions15I endured;16yet17from18themall19the22Lord23rescued21me.20 Indeed,1all2who desire5to live7a godly6life7in8Christ9Jesus10will be persecuted,11 while2evil1people3and4impostors5will go on6from bad to worse,789deceiving10and11being deceived.12 But2as foryou,1continue3in4what5you have learned6and7have firmly believed,8knowing9from10whom11you learned12it and1how2from3childhood4you have been acquainted with8the5sacred6writings,7which are able10to make12you11wise12for13salvation14through15faith16in18Christ19Jesus.20 All1Scripture2isbreathed out by God3and4profitable5for6teaching,7for8reproof,9for10correction,11andfor12training13in15righteousness,16 that1the4man7of God6may be3complete,2equipped12for8every9good11work.10