Phili 3:18-19, 2Ti 3:1-6, 2Pe 2:1-3, 12-22, Jude 10-13 | ESV | STEP | For many , of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears , walk as enemies of the cross of Christ .

Philippians 3:18-19

18 For ^amany, of whom I have often told you and now tell you ^beven with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 ^cTheir end is destruction, ^dtheir god is their belly, and ^ethey glory in their shame, with ^fminds set on earthly things.

2 Timothy 3:1-6

Godlessness in the Last Days

1 But understand this, that ^gin the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be ^hlovers of self, ⁱlovers of money, ^jproud, ^karrogant, abusive, ^ldisobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 ^mheartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, ⁿnot loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, ^oswollen with conceit, ^plovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but ^qdenying its power. ^rAvoid such people. 6 For among them are ^sthose who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

2 Peter 2:1-3

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But ^tfalse prophets also arose among the people, ^ujust as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^vsecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^wwho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^xwill be blasphemed. 3 And ^yin their greed they will exploit you ^zwith false words. ^aaTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

2 Peter 2:12-22

12 ^abBut these, like irrational animals, ^accreatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, 13 suffering wrong as ^adthe wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^aeto revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts love feasts} while ^agthey feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, ^ahinsatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^aitrained in greed. ^ajAccursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, ^akthey have gone astray. They have followed ^althe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^amgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^ana speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 ^aoThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^apFor them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, ^aqspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^arescaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them ^asfreedom, ^atbut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, ^avafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^awthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^axthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For ^ayit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^azthe holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^badog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

Jude 10-13

10 ^bbBut these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in ^bcthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain ^bdto Balaam’s error and ^beperished in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs ^{▼▼Or are blemishes} ^bgat your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^bhshepherds feeding themselves; ^biwaterless clouds, ^bjswept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, ^bkuprooted; 13 ^blwild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of ^bmtheir own shame; ^bnwandering stars, ^bofor whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.