His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.

By these he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and become partakers of the divine nature.

For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

since I know that the putting aside of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from long ago their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm; for them the blackest darkness has been reserved.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog turns back to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after having washed, returns to wallowing in the mire."