But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
The obvious connection with other New Testament references to the apostasy requires the deduction mentioned by Ward, "The `later times' foreshadow the gathering eschatological storm."[7] The Second Coming is also connected with the final and complete manifestation of this apostasy in  2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.  Lenski made it "the whole time between the two Advents."[8]