Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

Scoffers

"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

Though God scoffs at scoffers, he gives grace to the humble.

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

who say: "Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"

"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.

For the ruthless will vanish, and mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down

"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.

Walking

especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

General references

If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.

A truthful witness saves lives, but the person who lies is deceitful.

Look, they're saying to me, "Where is the message from the LORD? Let it come about!"

"Your ancestors where are they? And the prophets do they live forever?