1 WYC But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf, BSB BSB: But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
2 WYC coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde, BSB BSB: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 WYC cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde, BSB BSB: unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
4 WYC with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God, BSB BSB: traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
6 WYC Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge, BSB BSB: They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
7 WYC and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe. BSB BSB: who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
8 WYC And as Jannes and Mambres ayenstoden Moises, so these ayenstonden treuthe, men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith. BSB BSB: Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
9 WYC But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was. BSB BSB: But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
10 WYC But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue, BSB BSB: You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
11 WYC pacience, 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. BSB BSB: my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
12 WYC And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. BSB BSB: Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
13 WYC But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour. BSB BSB: while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 WYC But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud; BSB BSB: But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
15 WYC for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu. BSB BSB: From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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