I have said formerly, and I now forewarn you as when I was present the second time, so now when I am absent the second time, so now when I am absent, saying to those who had sinned before, and to all the rest, "If I come again, I will not spare,"

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,

I stir

So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you,

For this reason let me remind you to keep ever blazing that gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Pure

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Never ordain any one hastily, nor take part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep yourself pure.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Way

I shall therefore be always ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it, and are firmly founded in the truth which is with you.

General references

There were then many other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of his disciples, which have not been written in this book;