For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,

For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, a voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!

And we heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with Him on the holy mountain.

First of all, you should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation,

Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to develop a genuine understanding with a reminder,

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.

Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: 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, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness