In the last days …men shall be lovers of their own selves
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers (scoffing at God), disobedient to parents, unthankful and ungrateful, unholy. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving. They will be truce-breakers and false accusers… they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women, who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth… and that (which ...