But realize this, that ^ain the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be ^alovers of self, ^blovers of money, ^cboastful, ^darrogant, ^eslanderers, ^fdisobedient to parents, ^gungrateful, ^hunholy, 3 ^aunloving, irreconcilable, ^bmalicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, ^1chaters of good, 4 ^atreacherous, ^breckless, ^cconceited, ^dlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of ^1agodliness although they have ^bdenied its power; ^cavoid such people as these. 6 For among them are those who ^1aslip into households and captivate ^2bweak women weighed down with sins, led on by ^cvarious impulses, 7 always learning and never able to ^acome to the ¹knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as ^aJannes and Jambres ^bopposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, ^cmen of depraved mind, ¹worthless in regard to the faith. 9 But they will not make further progress; for their ^afoolishness will be obvious to all, just ^bas was that also of ¹Jannes and Jambres.

10 Now you ^afollowed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, ^blove, ¹perseverance, 11 ^apersecutions, and ^bsufferings, such as happened to me at ^cAntioch, at ^dIconium, and at ^eLystra; what ^fpersecutions I endured, and out of them all ^gthe Lord rescued me! 12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus ^awill be persecuted. 13 But evil people and impostors ^awill proceed from bad to worse, ^bdeceiving and being deceived. 14 You, however, ^acontinue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that ^afrom childhood you have known ^bthe sacred writings which are able to ^cgive you the wisdom that leads to ^dsalvation through faith which is in ^eChrist Jesus. 16 ^aAll Scripture is ¹inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for ²rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that ^athe man or woman of God may be ¹fully capable, ^bequipped for every good work.