¹² Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus ^(A)will be persecuted. ¹³ But evil people and impostors ^(B)will proceed from bad to worse, ^(C)deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴ You, however, ^(D)continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, ¹⁵ and that ^(E)from childhood you have known ^(F)the sacred writings which are able to ^(G)give you the wisdom that leads to ^(H)salvation through faith which is in ^(I)Christ Jesus.