It is through these that He has given us His precious and glorious promises, so that through them, after you have escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires, you may come to share in the divine nature.

For if you have these qualities and they continue to increase in you, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For whoever lacks these qualities is blind -- or short-sighted-- and forgetful of the cleansing that he has received from his former sins.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,

Therefore, I will always remind you of these things, although you know them and are firmly grounded in the truth that you already have.

Yes, I will be in earnest, so that every time you have occasion, after I have gone away, you may call these things to mind.

whereas angels who are far superior in strength and power to these beings bring no abusive accusation against them before the Lord.

These men, like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse the things that they do not understand, and so by their corruption they will be destroyed, suffering wrong as punishment for their wrongdoing.

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,