For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge,

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder,

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

And we have the prophetic word made more sure, and you will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

This is now the second letter that I have written to you, beloved, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder;

First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days, with scoffing, following their own lusts

They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and by means of water,

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your own steadfastness.