SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained faith, equally as precious as our own, in the plan of justification revealed by our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

As his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who has called us by his glorious power,

But he who is wanting in these things is blind, and closes his eyes, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came to him from the magnificent glory a voice, such as this: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;

and if he spared not the old world, but brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, and saved Noah, the eighth person, who was a preacher of righteousness;

and if, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, he condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who should afterward live in an ungodly manner,

but especially those who walk after the flesh in unclean lust, and who despise government. Presumptuous, willful men! they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries:

whereas angels, who excel in might and in power, bring no railing accusation against them in the presence of the Lord.

who have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

These men are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved forever.

For by speaking boastful words of folly, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, and through lasciviousness, those who had really escaped from those who live in error.