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 his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles: