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But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
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For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
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traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
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They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
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who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
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But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
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You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
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my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
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Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
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From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
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