Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”
But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,
Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.
You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.