through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight;

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished;

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.