Struggles in the Christian Life

10 But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose,(A) faith, patience, love,(B) and endurance, 11 along with the persecutions and sufferings(C) that came to me in Antioch,(D) Iconium,(E) and Lystra.(F) What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all. 12 In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.(G) 13 Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving(H) and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,(I) 15 and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures,(J) which are able to give you wisdom for salvation(K) through faith in Christ Jesus.

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