003:012 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life
as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
003:013 But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse,
misleading and being misled.
003:014 But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have
been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,
003:015 and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings
which are able to make you wise to obtain salvation through
faith in Christ Jesus.
003:016 Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching,
for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction
in right doing;
003:017 so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.
004:001 I solemnly implore you, in the presence of God and of
Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead,
and by His Appearing and His Kingship:
004:002 proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season;
convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience
as a teacher.
004:003 For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome
instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will
find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;
004:004 and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.