Morally bad men and deceivers will continue to grow worse. They will not let up but will continue to persecute anyone living godly in Christ.

When we live godly lives because we are in Christ Jesus we will be persecuted. That is guaranteed.

When persecution and suffering for our faith come we need to rest assured that God is with us and will rescue us as He has determined.

Paul is an example of perseverance to us all. Perseverance means to stand under a load. We need to stand under the load that we have been given, the responsibilities of of our lives. We do this with God's help.

The love that Paul is talking about is a noun. This type of love is not an emotion but comes to us by God. It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. It is unconditional, never ending, the love of God expressed through us.

Patience means to grit your teeth and never give up. Paul gave us an example of patience that we should follow. He was patient to the end.

Paul gave us an example of faith in his doctrine, his exercise of faith but also in his faithfulness to Jesus.

What does your leaders conduct tell you. Have you examined their conduct before you followed them? What is their purpose of the reason why they do what they do? Is it to serve God and then people?

Paul tells the people to follow his teaching. That means to follow closely and to examine his life. We as believers need to not only follow teaching but we also need to examine it.

The way we stop these men who have a form or godliness but deny its power, is to stand up and speak the truth. The freedom that truth brings will make obvious the deeds of these men.