1Thissecondepistle,beloved,Inowwrite unto you;in both which I stir upyourpureminds by way of remembrance:2
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken beforeby the holyprophets,and of the commandment of us the apostles of the LordandSaviour:3Knowingthisfirst,that there shall comein the lastdaysscoffers,walkingaftertheirownlusts,4Andsaying , Whereis the promise of hiscoming?forsincethefathers fell asleep , all thingscontinue as they were from the beginning of the creation.5Forthistheywillingly are ignorant of , that by the word of God the heavenswere of old,and the earth standing outof the waterandin the water:6Wherebytheworld that then was, being overflowed with water,perished :
7But the heavensand the earth, which are now, by the samewordare kept in store , reserved unto fireagainst the day of judgmentandperdition of ungodlymen.8But,beloved,benotignorant of this onething,thatoneday is with the Lordas a thousandyears,and a thousandyearsasoneday.9
The Lordisnotslack concerning his promise,as some mencountslackness;but is longsufferingtous-ward,notwilling that any should perish , but that all should cometorepentance.
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