What does Paul consider to be a piece of evidence that his contemporaries were living in the "last days?"
A)the series of plagues they were experiencing
B)the gifts of the Spirit
C)meteors that began hitting the earth
D)that believers' souls were beginning to separate from their physical bodies

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Paul considers the gifts of the Spirit to be evidence that his contemporaries were living in the "last days." In 2 Timothy 3:1-5, he describes how people will become lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. He then follows it by saying, "having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people," and in 2 Timothy 3:5 he says these are people who are "having a form of godliness but denying its power." Paul believed that the gifts of the Spirit evidenced the power of God, and that they were necessary to be an effective witness for Christ.

What Does Paul Consider to Be a Piece of Evidence