3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

⁷ Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.