(12) supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and 13 are established in the truth which is with you. "And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir (14 you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as 15 our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me. "Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my 1 de16 cease to call these things to remembrance. 17 "For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and 2 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. "For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: (18) "and this voice we ourselves heard come out of heaven, (19) when we were with him in the holy mount. "And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a 6 dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in (20 your hearts: "knowing this first, that no prophecy of scrip(21) ture is of private interpretation. "For no prophecy ever 8 came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 (1) 1 9 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in 10 destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves 1 Or, departure 8 Gr. was brought. A. V. abundantly..everlasting; 12 will [not].. | negligent |.. be..present; 13 Yea .. meet; 14 shortly I must put..(this).. hath shewed; 15 Moreover..endeavour..have.... always in; 16 have. . followed; 18 (which) came from; 19 also a..light (that) shineth; 20 (the).. (any); 21 (the).. not in old time..[ holy |..(of)..(as they) were. -CH. II. I were.. even..damnable.. Lord..(and) bring. 2 swift destruction. "And "And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. "And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you : whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction (4 slumbereth not. "For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but 'cast them down to hell, and committed. them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judge(5 ment; "and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; (6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; 7 "and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lasciv8 ious life of the wicked "(for that righteous man dwelling. among them, in seeing and hearing, 'vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): "the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day (10 of judgement; "but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, (11) selfwilled, they tremble not to rail at dignities: "where 9 as angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a (12 railing judgement against them before the Lord. "But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be de(13 stroyed, "suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men 1 Or, cast them into dungeons 2 Gr. Tartarus. 5 Gr. tormented. 3 Some ancient authorities read • Gr. glories. Gr. natural. 8 Or, to take and to destroy A.V..-2 | pernicious ways; 3 through..judgment..a long time.. damnation; 4(the) ..that..delivered..into | chains; 5 old..saved..the eighth person..bringing (in) the; 6 Gomorrha..making..ensample..(after); 7 just.. vexed with.. filthy conversation; 8 unlawful; 9| temptations.. reserve.. unjust..to be punished; 10 uncleanness.. government. Presumptuous (are they)..are..afraid.. speak evil of; II (which are).. accusation; 12 natural brute beasts, made.. speak evil of the things that.. understand not; (and).. [utterly perish..(own) | corruption ; 13 (And) | shall receive..reward.. unrighteousness, (as) they. that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their 'love-feasts while they feast (14 with you; "having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart (15 exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; "forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of 3 Beor, who loved the hire 16 of wrong-doing; "but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed (17 the madness of the prophet. "These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the black(18 ness of darkness hath been reserved. "For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from (19) them that live in error; "promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of *whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought 20 into bondage. "For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse (21 with them than the first. "For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. "It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. (22 3 1) 1 This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write 1 Many ancient authorities read deceivings. A.V.-riot..(they are)..sporting themselves with.. (own) | deceivings | 14 beguiling unstable..an..(they) have..with | covetous practices; cursed; 15 (Which) | have forsaken |..(and) are gone..following.. | Bosor |.. wages.. unrighteousness; 16 iniquity: the..speaking.. forbad; 17 wells.. | clouds | (that are) carried with..tempest; to..mist ..is.. [for ever]; 18 (when they) speak..allure through..through (much) wantonness.. that were clean escaped [.. who; 19 (they) promise.. (the) servants..in; 20 pollutions ..latter end..beginning; 21 had been..(they) have known; 22 [But]... is....(is) turned.. was.. (her). unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere (2) mind by putting you in remembrance; "that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour (3) through your apostles: "knowing this first, that 1in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after 4 their own lusts, "and saying, Where is the promise of his 2 coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of (5) the creation. "For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of 6 water and amidst water, by the word of God; "by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with 7) water, perished: "but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been 'stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men. 8) But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years (9 as one day. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that (10 all should come to repentance. "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works II) that are therein shall be burned up. "Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of per12 sons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness, "looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day. 2 Gr. presence. 3 Or, through 4 Or, stored with The most ancient manuscripts read discovered. 7 1 Gr. in the last of the days. fire 5 Or, heavenly bodies Or, hastening A. V.—CH. III. I which.. pure minds.. way of; 2 may be mindful of..(of)..of | us | (the); 3 (there).. scoffers; 4 since; 5 willingly are ignorant of..(the)..the..standing.. (the)..in (the); 6 Whereby; 7 which..are kept in store..unto.. perdition; 8 be..ignorant of; 9 (men).. | us-ward | .. willing; 10 [in the night].. | melt |..also; II | then ].... shall..conversation; 12 hasting unto. of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the 1elements shall melt with 13) fervent heat? "But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right 14 eousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without 15 spot and blameless in his sight. "And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given 16 to him, wrote unto you; "as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own (17) destruction. "Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. (18 "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and 2 for ever. Amen. 1 Or, heavenly bodies Gr. unto the day of eternity. A. V.-wherein; 13 Nevertheless; 14 such.. be diligent..of him; 15 unto..hath written; 16 | in which |.. they that are unlearned..unstable; 17 (seeing ye) know..before..(also)..led; 18 (in the), |