Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,