The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:12-15

Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus

 will be persecuted,

while evil men and impostors

will go on from bad to worse,

deceivers and deceived.

But as for you,

continue in what you have learned

 and have firmly believed,

knowing from whom you learned it

 and how from childhood

 you have been acquainted

with the sacred writings

which are able to instruct you

 for salvation through faith

 in Christ Jesus.