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Dear friends, this [is] already the second letter I am writing to you, in [both of] which I am attempting to stir up your sincere mind by a reminder,
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to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
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above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires
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and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since}a the fathers fell asleep, all [things] have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."
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For [when]b they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,
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by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by]c being inundated with water.
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software. (Lexham English Bible)
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