to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

 There are the lawless (anomoi, G459) . They are those who know the laws of right and wrong and break them open-eyed. No one can blame a man for breaking a law he does not know exists; but the lawless are those who deliberately violate the laws in order to satisfy their own ambitions and desires. 