May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,

[because I] know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

And I will also make every effort [that] you are able at any time, after my departure, {to recall these things to mind}.

For [he] received honor and glory from God the Father [when] a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."