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[1] But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf,
[2] coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde,
[3] cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde,
[4] with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God,
[5] hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men.
[6] Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge,
[7] and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe.
[8] And as Jannes and Mambres ayenstoden Moises, so these ayenstonden treuthe, men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith.
[9] But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was.
[10] But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue,
[11] pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner persecucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle.
[12] And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun.
[13] But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour.
[14] But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud;
[15] for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.
[16] For al scripture inspirid of God is profitable to teche, to repreue, to chastice, to lerne in riytwisnes,
[17] the man of God be parfit, lerud to al good werk.
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