12. Anyone who belongs to Christ Jesus and wants to live right will have trouble from others.
13. But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.
14. Keep on being faithful to what you were taught and to what you believed. After all, you know who taught you these things.
15. Since childhood, you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to make you wise enough to have faith in Christ Jesus and be saved.
16. Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live.
17. The Scriptures train God's servants to do all kinds of good deeds.