1 Know this also that in the last days perilous dangerous times will come.2 For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous lovers of money, arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful ungrateful, unholy,3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, despisers of those who are good,4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;5 having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this!