Thou knowest this - that all they who are in Asia have turned away from me, - of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

For this reason I am bearing anything for the sake of His chosen people, so that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,

and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.

men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some.

Always avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, for you know that they breed quarrels,

He must correct those who are in opposition with courtesy and gentleness in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and be led to the knowledge of the truth [accurately understanding and welcoming it],

and they might recover their senses and escape from the devil's trap in which they have been caught by him to do his will.

For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane,

[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,

They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God.

For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, these people resist the truth, for they are depraved in mind and so counterfeits in the faith.

But they will not make any more progress, for their folly will be evident to everybody, as theirs was.

as for these impious impostors, they will go on from bad to worse, seducing others, and deluding themselves.

You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,

and they will cease to listen to the truth and will turn to listen to myths.

At the time of my first defense no one stood by me; on the contrary they all deserted me??ay it not be laid to their charge!