through which things very great and precious favors that were promised have been given us, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire:

For I know that the putting off of this my tabernacle is near at hand, even as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

But I will earnestly endeavor that you may be able, even after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.

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.

that you may be mindful of the words formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior: