1But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf, 2coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde, 3cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde, 4with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God, 5hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men. 6Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge, 7and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe. 8And as Jannes and Mambres ayenstoden Moises, so these ayenstonden treuthe, men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith. 9But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was. 10But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue, 11pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner persecucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle. 12And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. 13But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour. 14But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud; 15for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu. 16For al scripture inspirid of God is profitable to teche, to repreue, to chastice, to lerne in riytwisnes, that the man of God be parfit, lerud to al good werk.