| 1 | And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, |
| 2 | for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind, |
| 3 | without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good, |
| 4 | traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, |
| 5 | having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away, |
| 6 | for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold, |
| 7 | always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come, |
| 8 | and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith; |
| 9 | but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become. |
| 10 | And thou—thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance, |
| 11 | the persecutions, the afflictions, that befel me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me, |
| 12 | and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted, |
| 13 | and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray. |
| 14 | And thou—be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, |
| 15 | and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise—to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus; |
| 16 | every Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that [is] in righteousness, |
| 17 | that the man of God may be fitted—for every good work having been completed. |