Difficult Times Ahead

1-5 Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.

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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous,(A) rash, conceited,(B) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness(C) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(D)

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