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+001:006 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, + power of endurance; +001:007 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, + brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love. +001:008 If these things exist in you, and continually increase, + they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing + towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. +001:009 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see + distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been + cleansed from his old sins. +001:010 For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest + to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; + for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, + you will never stumble. +001:011 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our + Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be freely granted to you. +001:012 For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you + of these things, although you know them and are stedfast + believers in truth which you already possess. +001:013 But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, + my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders. +001:014 For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now + rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has + revealed to me. +001:015 So on every possible occasion I will also do my best to enable + you to recall these things after my departure. +001:016 For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our + Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly + devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty. +001:017 He received honour and glory from God the Father, and out + of the wondrous glory words such as these were spoken + to Him, "This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight." +001:018 And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we + were with Him on the holy mountain. +001:019 And in the written word of prophecy we have something + more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention-- + as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day + dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. +001:020 But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will + be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting; +001:021 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent + by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit. +002:001 But there were also false prophets among the people, + as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also, + who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even + the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and bringing on + themselves swift destruction. +002:002 And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, + through whom religion will be brought into disrepute. +002:003 Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. + From of old their judgement has been working itself out, + and their destruction has not been slumbering. +002:004 For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling + them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, + keeping them in readiness for judgement. +002:005 And He did not spare the ancient world, although He preserved Noah, + a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought + a deluge on the world of the ungodly. +002:006 He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, + and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example + to people who might in future be living godless lives. +002:007 But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross + misconduct of immoral men He rescued him. +002:008 (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, + to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw + and heard whilst living in their midst.) +002:009 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men + from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous + under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement, +002:010 and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality-- + craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control. + Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking + evil of glorious beings; +002:011 while angels, though greater than they in might and power, + do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence + of the Lord. +002:012 But these men, like brute beasts, created (with their + natural instincts) only to be captured or destroyed, + are abusive in matters of which they are ignorant, and in their + corruption will perish, +002:013 being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. + They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. + They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously + at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you. +002:014 Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never + cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast + souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. + They are fore-doomed to God's curse! +002:015 Forsaking the straight road, they have gone astray, + having eagerly followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, + who was bent on securing the wages of unrighteousness. +002:016 But he was rebuked for his transgression: a dumb ass spoke + with a human voice and checked the madness of the Prophet. +002:017 These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, + men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved. +002:018 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, + they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality-- + as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence + of those who live in error. +002:019 And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves + the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any + one by whom he has been worsted in fight. +002:020 For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world + through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, + people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, + their last state has become worse than their first. +002:021 For it would have been better for them not to have fully known + the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back + from the holy commandments in which they were instructed. +002:022 Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns + to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, + "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll + in its filth." +003:001 This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, + is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive + in your honest minds the memory of certain things, +003:002 so that you may recall the words spoken long ago by the holy Prophets, + and the commandments of our Lord and Saviour given you + through your Apostles. +003:003 But, above all, remember that, in the last days, men will + come who make a mock at everything--men governed only by + their own passions, +003:004 and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from + the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue + as they have been ever since the creation of the world." +003:005 For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens + which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising + out of water and extending continuously through water, + by the command of God; +003:006 and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men + was overwhelmed with water and perished. +003:007 But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command + of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation + for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly. +003:008 But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. + With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand + years resemble one day. +003:009 The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense + in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently + with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that + all should come to repentance. +003:010 The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day + on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, + the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth + and all the works of man be utterly burnt up. +003:011 Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, + what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy + living and godly conduct, +003:012 eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, + by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, + and the elements will melt in the fierce heat? +003:013 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens + and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell. +003:014 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, + earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish + or reproach, in peace. +003:015 And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, + as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue + of the wisdom granted to him. +003:016 That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them + of these things. In those letters there are some statements + hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled + people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, + to their own ruin. +003:017 You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, + must continually be on your guard so as not to be led + astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from + your own stedfastness. +003:018 But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord + and Saviour Jesus Christ. 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