3 Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4 Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? For since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
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They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”