The Second to Timothy, 3

¹ But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.

² For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal,

³ having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness,

⁴ betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God,

⁵ having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power; and from these turn away.

⁶ From among these arise men who slyly work their way into households and captivate weak women loaded down with sins, led by various desires,

⁷ always learning and yet never able to come to an accurate knowledge of truth.

⁸ Now in the way that Janʹnes and Jamʹbres opposed Moses, so these also go on opposing the truth. Such men are completely corrupted in mind, disapproved as regards the faith.

⁹ Nevertheless, they will make no further progress, for their folly^*1 will be very plain to all, as it was with those two men.

¹⁰ But you have closely followed my teaching, my course of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

¹¹ the persecutions and sufferings such as I experienced in Antioch, in I·coʹni·um, in Lysʹtra. I endured these persecutions, and the Lord rescued me from them all.

¹² In fact, all those desiring to live with godly devotion in association with Christ Jesus will also be persecuted.

¹³ But wicked men and impostors will advance from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.

¹⁴ You, however, continue in the things that you learned and were persuaded to believe, knowing from whom you learned them

¹⁵ and that from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight,^*1 for disciplining in righteousness,

¹⁷ so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.