¹¹ For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are ^[a]contentions among you. ¹² Now I say this, that ^(A)each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of ^(B)Apollos,” or “I am of ^(C)Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” ^13 (D)Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Contend for the Faith

³ Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you ^(A)concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting ^(B)you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

⁴ For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord ^[a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Apostates Predicted

¹⁶ These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they ^(A)mouth great swelling words, ^(B)flattering people to gain advantage. ^17 (C)But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: ¹⁸ how they told you that ^(D)there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. ¹⁹ These are ^[a]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.