Letters to the Churches

Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good,

Traitours, headie, high minded, louers of pleasures more then louers of God,

Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.

For of this sort are they which creepe into houses, and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes, and led with diuers lustes,

Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

And as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moses, so doe these also resist the trueth, men of corrupt mindes, reprobate concerning the faith.

But they shall preuaile no longer: for their madnesse shalbe euident vnto all men, as theirs also was.

But thou hast fully knowen my doctrine, maner of liuing, purpose, faith, long suffering, loue, patience,

Persecutions, and afflictions which came vnto me at Antiochia, at Iconium, and at Lystri, which persecutions I suffered: but from them all the Lord deliuered me.

Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

But the euill men and deceiuers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceiuing, and being deceiued.

But continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned, and which are committed vnto thee, knowing of who thou hast learned them:

And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.

For the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to teache, to conuince, to correct, and to instruct in righteousnesse,

That the man of God may be absolute, being made perfect vnto all good workes.

I charge thee therefore before God, and before the Lord Iesus Christ, which shall iudge the quicke and dead at that his appearing, and in his kingdome,

Preach the worde: be instant, in season and out of season: improue, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,

And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables.

But watch thou in all thinges: suffer aduersitie: doe the worke of an Euangelist: cause thy ministerie to be throughly liked of.

For I am nowe readie to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand.

I haue fought a good fight, and haue finished my course: I haue kept the faith.

For hence foorth is laide vp for me the crowne of righteousnesse, which the Lord the righteous iudge shall giue me at that day: and not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue that his appearing.

Make speede to come vnto me at once:

For Demas hath forsaken me, and hath embraced this present world, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.