<vn='1'><sn="5026">This</s><sn="1208">second</s><sn="1992">epistle</s>, <sn="27">beloved</s>, I <sn="2235">now</s><sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>; <sn="1722">in</s> both <sn="3739">which</s> I stir <sn="1326">up</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="1506">pure</s><sn="1271">minds</s> by way <sn="1722">of</s><sn="5280">remembrance</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>That ye may be <sn="3415">mindful</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">words</s> which were spoken <sn="4280">before</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s> of <sn="2257">us</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4990">Savior</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1097">Knowing</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="4412">first</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> there shall <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1909">in</s> the <sn="2078">last</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="1703">scoffers</s>, <sn="4198">walking</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="2398">own</s><sn="1939">lusts</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="4226">Where</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="3952">coming</s>? <sn="1063">for</s><sn="575 3739">since</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">fathers</s> fell <sn="2837">asleep</s>, all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="1265">continue</s><sn="3779">as</s> they were <sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s> of the <sn="2937">creation</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="2309">willingly</s> are ignorant <sn="2990">of</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> by <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> the <sn="3772">heavens</s><sn="2258">were</s> of <sn="1597">old</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="1093">earth</s><sn="4921">standing</s> out <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="5204">water</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1223">in</s> the <sn="5204">water</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1223 3739">Whereby</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s> that <sn="5119">then</s> was, being <sn="2626">overflowed</s> with <sn="5204">water</s>, <sn="622">perished</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, which are <sn="3568">now</s>, by <sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="3056">word</s><sn="1526">are</s> kept in <sn="2343">store</s>, <sn="5083">reserved</s> unto <sn="4442">fire</s><sn="1519">against</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="2920">judgment</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="684">perdition</s> of <sn="765">ungodly</s><sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">But</s>, <sn="27">beloved</s>, be not <sn="2990 3361">ignorant</s> of <sn="5124">this</s> one <sn="1520">thing</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3391">one</s><sn="2250">day</s> is <sn="3844">with</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="5507">thousand</s><sn="2094">years</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="5507">thousand</s><sn="2094">years</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="3391">one</s><sn="2250">day</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> is not <sn="1019 3756">slack</s> concerning his <sn="1860">promise</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> some <sn="5100">men</s><sn="2233">count</s><sn="1022">slackness</s>; <sn="235">but</s> is <sn="3114">longsuffering</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2248">us</s> -ward, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1014">willing</s> that <sn="5100">any</s> should <sn="622">perish</s>, <sn="235">but</s> that <sn="3956">all</s> should <sn="5562">come</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3341">repentance</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> will <sn="2240">come</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="2812">thief</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3571">night</s>; <sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s> shall pass <sn="3928">away</s> with a great <sn="4500">noise</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> the <sn="4747">elements</s> shall <sn="3089">melt</s> with fervent <sn="2741">heat</s>, the <sn="1093">earth</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2041">works</s> that are <sn="1722 846">therein</s> shall be burned <sn="2618">up</s>. </v>
<vn='11'> Seeing <sn="3767">then</s> that <sn="3956">all</s> these <sn="5130">things</s> shall be <sn="3089">dissolved</s>, what <sn="4217">manner</s> of persons <sn="1163">ought</s><sn="5209">ye</s> to <sn="5225">be</s><sn="1722">in</s> all <sn="40">holy</s><sn="391">conversation</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2150">godliness</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>Looking <sn="4328">for</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4692">hasting</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3952">coming</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="1223 3739">wherein</s> the <sn="3772">heavens</s> being on <sn="4448">fire</s> shall be <sn="3089">dissolved</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="4747">elements</s> shall <sn="5080">melt</s> with fervent <sn="2741">heat</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">Nevertheless</s> we, <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="1862">promise</s>, look <sn="4328">for</s><sn="2537">new</s><sn="3772">heavens</s><sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="2537">new</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, <sn="1722 3739">wherein</s><sn="2730">dwelleth</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s>, <sn="27">beloved</s>, seeing that ye look <sn="4328">for</s> such <sn="5023">things</s>, be <sn="4704">diligent</s> that ye may be <sn="2147">found</s> of <sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, without <sn="784">spot</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="298">blameless</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2233">account</s> that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3115">longsuffering</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> is <sn="4991">salvation</s>; even <sn="2532">as</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="1325">given</s> unto <sn="846">him</s> hath <sn="1125">written</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="5613">As</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s> his <sn="1992">epistles</s>, <sn="2980">speaking</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="4012">of</s> these <sn="5130">things</s>; <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2076">are</s> some <sn="5100">things</s> hard to be <sn="1425">understood</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> they that are <sn="261">unlearned</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="793">unstable</s><sn="4761">wrest</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> they do <sn="2532">also</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3062">other</s><sn="1124">Scriptures</s>, <sn="4314">unto</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="2398">own</s><sn="684">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="3767">therefore</s>, <sn="27">beloved</s>, seeing ye know these things <sn="4267">before</s>, <sn="5442">beware</s><sn="3363">lest</s> ye also, being led away <sn="4879">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4106">error</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="113">wicked</s>, fall <sn="1601">from</s> your <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4740">steadfastness</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="837">grow</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5485">grace</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in the <sn="1108">knowledge</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4990">Savior</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. To <sn="846">him</s> be <sn="1391">glory</s><sn="2532">both</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519 2250 165">forever</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>