According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;