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Coming of the lord jesus Christ » People scoffing at the coming of the lord
THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write to you, in which I excite your pure minds by remembrance, to remember the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour, knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers shall come with scoffing walking after their inordinate desires, read more.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. For of this they are willingly ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was made of water and by water by the word of God, by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, was destroyed. But the present heavens and the earth have been preserved by his word, being kept for fire, at the day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. For of this they are willingly ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was made of water and by water by the word of God, by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, was destroyed. But the present heavens and the earth have been preserved by his word, being kept for fire, at the day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men.
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » Remembrancers, the duty of believers to act as
For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.
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Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed;
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Wherefore I will not neglect always to remind you of these things, although you have known them, and have been established in the present truth.
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THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write to you, in which I excite your pure minds by remembrance,
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