For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.

For we were not following cunningly devised fables, when we told you of the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his Majesty.

They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing.

This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.