For we did not follow artfully devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice came to Him from the magnificent glory, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

And this voice, from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount.

(for that good man by seeing and hearing their crimes, when he dwelt among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day with their

For when they speak swelling words of vanity, they ensnare in the lusts of the flesh, through their lasciviousness, those who had indeed withdrawn from such as deal in error;

for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than when they knew it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.