The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

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

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.