For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.

By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.

I want you to recollect the words that were foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of your Lord and Saviour, given you through your apostles.

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;