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"In the last days there will be people who don't take these things seriously anymore. They'll treat them like a joke, and make a religion of their own whims and lusts."
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These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
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But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
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They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
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These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
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But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,