¹⁸ They said to you, “In the last times^(A) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”^{(B) 19} These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.^(C)

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up^(D) in your most holy faith^(E) and praying in the Holy Spirit,^(F)