²² to take off^[a](A) your former way of life,^(B) the old self^(C) that is corrupted by deceitful desires,

⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres^(A) resisted Moses,^(B) so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind^(C) and worthless^(D) in regard to the faith.

¹¹ It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

¹⁵ To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience^(A) are defiled.