For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.

And we heard this voice, which was brought out of heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.

For no prophecy was ever brought by a will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being led by Holy Spirit.

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,

and he rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct of the lawless in their licentiousness

the Lord knows how to rescue the pious out of temptation, and to hold in reserve unrighteous men being cut off for a day of judgment.

Whereas heavenly agents, being greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before Lord.

But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.

But the day of Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.

Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,

anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens, being made fiery hot, will be disintegrated, and the elements dissolve, being intensely hot?