3Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days.G5124G1097G1161G3754G1722G2078G2250G5467G2540G17642People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious;G1063G444G2071G5367G5366G213G5244G989G545G1118G884G4623they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;G794G786G1228G193G434G8654they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God;G4273G4312G5187G5369G3123G2228G53775they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.G2192G3446G2150G1161G720G1411G846G2532G5128G6656Some of them go into people's houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires,G1063G1537G5130G1526G1744G1519G3614G2532G162G1133G4987G266G71G4164G19397women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth.G3842G3129G2532G3368G1410G2064G1519G1922G2258As Jannes and Jambres were opposed to Moses, so also these people are opposed to the truth - people whose minds do not function and who are failures in the faith.G3739G1161G5158G2389G2532G2387G436G3475G3779G436G3778G2532G436G225G444G2704G3563G96G4012G41029But they will not get very far, because everyone will see how stupid they are. That is just what happened to Jannes and Jambres.G235G4298G3756G1909G4119G1063G846G454G2071G1552G3956G5613G1565G2532G1096
Last Instructions
10But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,G1161G4771G3877G3450G1319G72G4286G4102G3115G26G528111my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all.G1375G3804G3634G1096G3427G1722G490G1722G2430G1722G3082G3634G1375G5297G2532G1537G3956G2962G4506G316512Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;G1161G2532G3956G2309G2198G2153G1722G5547G2424G137713and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.G1161G4190G444G2532G1114G4298G1909G5501G4105G2532G410514But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were,G1161G3306G4771G1722G3739G3129G2532G4104G1492G3844G5101G312915and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.G2532G3754G575G1025G1492G2413G1121G3588G1410G4679G4571G4679G1519G4991G1223G4102G3588G1722G5547G242416All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living,G3956G1124G2315G2532G5624G4314G1319G4314G1650G4314G1882G4314G3809G1722G134317so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.G2443G444G2316G5600G739G1822G4314G3956G18G2041