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Tiam kawg yuav zoo li cas

¹Koj yuav tsum nkag siab qhov no, tiam kawg yuav yog lub sijhawm txom nyem nyuaj siab kawg. ²Rau qhov neeg yuav xam pom lawv tus kheej xwb, ntshaw nyiaj txiag, khav theeb, muab hlob, saib tsis taus luag, tsis mloog niam txiv lus, tsis nco luag txiaj ntsig, tsis yuav Vajtswv, ³tsis hlub luag, tsis zam txim, xyav luag moo, tsis tswj lub siab, ua neeg nyaum, ntxub qhov zoo, ⁴fav xeeb rau luag, ua siab heev, tsab ua loj, nyiam kev lomzem heev dua li nyiam Vajtswv. ⁵Lawv ua txuj tuav Vajtswv txojkev ntawm lub ncauj xwb, tiamsis tsis lees yuav txojkev ntawd lub hwjchim. Cia li txav deb ntawm cov neeg ntawd. ⁶Lawv cov ntawd qee leej pheej nkag mus rau hauv luag tej tsev thiab haub cov pojniam uas lub siab ywj fab ywj fwj uas ris lub txim hnyav thiab qaug rau tej kev ntshaw phem. ⁷Cov pojniam no pheej kawm lawm tiamsis tsis nkag siab qhov tseeb. ⁸Yane thiab Yanpe tawm tsam Mauxe li cas,⚓ cov neeg no kuj tawm tsam qhov tseeb ib yam li ntawd. Lawv lub siab phem thiab tsis muaj kev ntseeg qhov tseeb. ⁹Lawv yuav mus tau tsis deb rau qhov lawv txojkev ruam yuav tshwm rau sawvdaws pom ib yam li ob tug txivneej ntawd txojkev ruam.

Nkaw lus thaum kawg

¹⁰Koj twb paub kuv tej lus qhia, kuv lub neej, tej uas kuv xav tseg, kuv txojkev ntseeg, qhov uas kuv ua siab ntev, qhov uas kuv hlub luag, qhov uas kuv tiv thev, ¹¹qhov uas kuv raug tsim txom thiab raug txom nyem, thiab tej uas tshwm los raug kuv hauv lub moos Athi‑au, hauv lub moos Ikhauniyu thiab hauv lub moos Lixatha, thiab qhov uas kuv thev kev tsim txom npaum li cas. Tiamsis tus Tswv cawm kuv dim txhua yam ntawd. ¹²Qhov tseeb txhua tus uas xav ua lub neej uas hwm Vajtswv hauv Yexus Khetos yuav raug tsim txom, ¹³mas cov neeg phem thiab cov neeg txawj dag yuav phem heev zuj zus, thiab yuav dag ntxias luag thiab raug luag dag ntxias. ¹⁴Tiamsis koj cia li ua raws li koj tau kawm paub thiab ntseeg ruaj lawm, vim koj kuj paub tias koj kawm ntawm leejtwg los. ¹⁵Txij thaum yau los koj twb paub Vajtswv txojlus tseem ceeb, uas pub tau koj muaj tswvyim paub txojkev dim vim ntseeg Yexus Khetos. ¹⁶Vajtswv txojlus txhua nqe yog tawm hauv Vajtswv lub qhov ncauj los⚓ thiab siv tau qhuab qhia, qhuab ntuas, qhia tus uas txhaum rov ua zoo, thiab cob qhia ua ncaj ua ncees, ¹⁷kom Vajtswv cov neeg thiaj li npaj txhij zog ua tau txhua yam haujlwm zoo.

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Perilous Times and Perilous Men

¹But know this, that ⚓in the last days perilous times will come: ²For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, ⁴⚓traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵⚓having a form of godliness but ⚓denying its power. And ⚓from such people turn away! ⁶For ⚓of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, ⁷always learning and never able ⚓to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁸⚓Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: ⚓men of corrupt minds, ⚓disapproved concerning the faith; ⁹but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, ⚓as theirs also was.

The Man of God and the Word of God

¹⁰⚓But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, ¹¹persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me ⚓at Antioch, ⚓at Iconium, ⚓at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And ⚓out of them all the Lord delivered me. ¹²Yes, and ⚓all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. ¹³⚓But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴But you must ⚓continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, ¹⁵and that from childhood you have known ⚓the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁶⚓All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, ⚓and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷⚓that the man of God may be complete, ⚓thoroughly equipped for every good work.