And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,

Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival ??9 that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood,

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward.

Supposing

And so it is ??provided it goes with a contented spirit;

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."

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Now Simon noticed that the holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands; so he brought them money,

By making silver shrines of Artemis a silversmith called Demetrius was the means of bringing rich profit to his workmen.

they must be silenced, for they are undermining whole families by teaching objectionable doctrine for the base end of making money.

in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments ??men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.

for all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her vice, the kings of the earth have committed vice with her, and by the wealth of her wantonness earth's traders have grown rich."

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Brothers, I beg of you to keep your eye on those who stir up dissensions and put hindrances in your way, contrary to the doctrine which you have been taught. Avoid them.

Brothers, we charge you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to shun any brother who is loafing, instead of following the rule you got from us.

General references

Anyone who disregards this will be himself disregarded.

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.