^{1 Ref} But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

^{2 Ref} For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

^{3 Ref} without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

^{4 Ref} traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

^{5 Ref} holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.

^{6 Ref} For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

^{7 Ref} ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

^{8 Ref} And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth. Men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

^{9 Ref} But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.