As his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who has called us by his glorious power,

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.

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

and count the long-suffering of our Lord, salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you;