But he who is wanting in these things is blind, and closes his eyes, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came to him from the magnificent glory a voice, such as this: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy mount;

knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture came from private interpretation:

for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:

having eyes that are full of the adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, deceiving unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, accursed children,

For by speaking boastful words of folly, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, and through lasciviousness, those who had really escaped from those who live in error.

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

and saying: Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Do you, therefore, beloved, since you know these things be forehand, beware, lest, being led away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.