Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

[By] teaching these [things] to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.

Fix [your] attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for [by] doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.

which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which [is] in Christ Jesus,

and [the things] which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these [things] to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.

Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding in all [these things].

The saying [is] trustworthy: For if we died with [him], we will also live with [him];

if we endure, we will also reign with [him]; if we deny [him], he also will deny us;

But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,

and their message {will spread} like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these [things], he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

and they will come to their senses again [and escape] from the trap of the devil, being held captive by him to [do] his will.

But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,

for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the [folly] of those [two] was.

And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},

and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.

Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.

But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.

I, Paul, write [this] with my [own] hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that {you owe me even your very self besides}.

Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you [because I] know that you will do even beyond what I say.

At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

For to which of the angels did he ever say, "You are my son, today I have begotten you," and again, "I will be {his father}, and he will be {my son}"?

they will perish, but you continue, and they will all become old like a garment,

and like a robe you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed; but you are the same, and your years will not run out."

how will we escape [if we] neglect so great a salvation which had [its] beginning [when it] was spoken through the Lord [and] was confirmed to us by those who heard,

[while] God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

saying, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing in praise of you."

And again, "I will trust in him." And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me."

As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'"

For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world.

and in this [passage] again, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'"

And this we will do, if God permits.

saying, "Surely {I will greatly bless} you, and {I will greatly multiply} you."

but he with an oath by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You [are] a priest {forever}'"),

For in finding fault with them he says, "Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

For this [is] the covenant that I will decree with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws in their minds and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be {their} God and they will be {my} people.

And they will not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings, and I will not remember their sins [any] longer."

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve [the] living God?

For where [there is] a will, [it is] a necessity [for] the death of the one who made the will to be established.

For a will [is] in force concerning those who are dead, since [it is] never in force when the one who made the will is alive.

thus also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear for the second time without reference to sin to those who eagerly await him for salvation.

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'

then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second,

by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

"This [is] the covenant that I will decree for them after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."

[He] also [says], "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will never remember again."

How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

For yet "a very, very little [while], [and] the one who is coming will come and will not delay.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."

with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named,"

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape [when they] refused the one who warned [them] on earth, much less [will] we [escape], [if we] reject the [one who warns] from heaven,

whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once [more] I will shake not only the earth but also heaven."

Marriage [must be] held in honor by all, and the marriage bed [be] undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Your lifestyle [must be] free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."

So then, we can say with confidence, "The Lord [is] my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?"

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

equip you with every good [thing] to do his will, carrying out in us [what is] pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory {forever}. Amen.

Know [that] our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you, if he comes quickly [enough].

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.

For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.

Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, [because you] know that we will receive a greater judgment.

Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,"

you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}.

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.

Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

for it is written, "You will be holy, because I [am] holy."

For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

For the will of God is as follows: [by] doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

And who [is] the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?