✧This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ✧2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ✧3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ✧4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; ✧5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. ✧6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ✧7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ✧8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. ✧9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was. ✧10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, ✧11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me. ✧12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. ✧13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. ✧14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them]; ✧15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ✧16All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ✧17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.