Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

for it is in this way that to you will be generously granted a triumphant admittance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Yet I think it right, as long as I live in this bodily tent, to arouse you by a reminder,

For when He received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory there was borne to Him a voice like this, "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I take delight,"

we heard this voice ourselves borne from heaven while we were with Him on that sacred mountain.

So we have the message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

because you recognize this truth above all else, that no prophecy in Scripture is to be interpreted by one's own mind,

This is the second letter, dearly beloved, that I have already written to you, in both of which I am trying by reminders to stir up your unsullied minds

First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, living in accordance with their evil passions,

But you must avoid forgetting this one fact, dearly beloved, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a single day.

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

Therefore, dearly beloved, since you are expecting this, be in earnest to be found by Him without a blot, without reproach, and at peace.