002:020 Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use. 002:021 If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work. 002:022 Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the Lord with pure hearts. 002:023 But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do-- that these lead to quarrels; 002:024 and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs. 002:025 He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth 002:026 and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will. 003:001 But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in. 003:002 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious, 003:003 destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness, 003:004 treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God, 003:005 and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort. 003:006 Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners-- women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice, 003:007 and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth. 003:008 And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned. 003:009 But they will have no further success; for their folly will be as clearly manifest to all men, as that of the opponents of Moses came to be. 003:010 But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation, 003:011 and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.