1. And know this: that in the last days perilous times will press near.
2. Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,
3. without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness,
4. traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God,
5. even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.
6. For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires,
7. always learning, yet never achieving knowledge of the truth.
8. And in the same manner that Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so also will these resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobates from the faith.
9. But they will not advance beyond a certain point. For the folly of the latter shall be made manifest to all, just as that of the former.