1 But of this be sure. In the last days grievous times will come.

2 For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

3 without natural affection, merciless, slanderous, dissolute, and brutal.

4 They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God.

5 For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.