Hard Times in the Last Days

3 But know this: Hard times will come in the last days. 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, having no love for what is good, 4 traitors, reckless, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 Among them are those who [fn]worm their way into houses and captivate vulnerable women who are overwhelmed with sins and swayed by various evil desires. 7 Such women are always learning yet never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these false teachers also oppose the truth. They are corrupted in mind and have proven themselves to be unqualified with respect to the faith. 9 But they will not make any further progress, for their folly will become obvious to everyone, just like the folly of Jannes and Jambres.