12. And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13. But evil men and deceivers will advance in evil, erring and sending into error.
14. Yet truly, you should remain in those things which you have learned and which have been entrusted to you. For you know from whom you have learned them.
15. And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16. All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
17. so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.