10 ^gYou, however, have ^hfollowed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at ⁱAntioch, at ^jIconium, and at ^kLystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord ^lrescued me. 12 Indeed, all who desire to live a ^mgodly life in Christ Jesus ⁿwill be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on ^ofrom bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom¹ you learned it 15 and how ^pfrom childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 ^qAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the ^rman of God² may be complete, ^sequipped for every good work.

2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, ^zproud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

1 Now the Spirit expressly says that ^xin later times some will ^ydepart from the faith by devoting themselves to ^zdeceitful spirits and ^ateachings of ^bdemons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose ^cconsciences are seared, 3 who ^dforbid ^emarriage and ^frequire abstinence from foods ^gthat God created ^hto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For ⁱeverything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is ^jmade holy by the word of God and prayer.