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But realize this, that ^(a)in the last days difficult times will come.

For men will be ^(b)lovers of self, ^(c)lovers of money, ^(d)boastful, ^(e)arrogant, ^(f)revilers, ^(g)disobedient to parents, ^(h)ungrateful, ⁽ⁱ⁾unholy,

^(j)unloving, irreconcilable, ^(k)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, ^[a](l)haters of good,

^(m)treacherous, ⁽ⁿ⁾reckless, ^(o)conceited, ^(p)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

holding to a form of ^[b](q)godliness, although they have ^(r)denied its power; ^(s)Avoid such men as these.

For among them are those who ^[c](t)enter into households and captivate ^[d](u)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by ^(v)various impulses,

always learning and never able to ^(w)come to the ^[e]knowledge of the truth.

Just as ^(x)Jannes and Jambres ^(y)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, ^(z)men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

But they will not make further progress; for their ^(aa)folly will be obvious to all, just ^(ab)as ^[f]Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also.