by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Wherefore, my brethren, be the more diligent thus to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things ye shall never fall.

And I think it my duty, while I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by way of remembrance:

knowing that I must soon lay down this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

And I will endeavour that after my departure also ye may always be able to call these things to remembrance.

For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice came to Him from the magnificent glory, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

This second epistle, my beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your sincere mind in remembrance,

that ye may be mindful of the words formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first,