for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

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