TSK · 2 Timothy 2:16

Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them,“You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.

For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.