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1 This sec­ond epis­tle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of re­mem­brance: 2 That ye may be mind­ful of the words which were spo­ken be­fore by the holy prophets, and of the com­mand­ment of us the apos­tles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Know­ing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walk­ing af­ter their own lusts, 4 And say­ing, Where is the promise of his com­ing? for since the fa­thers fell asleep, all things con­tin­ue as they were from the be­gin­ning of the cre­ation. 5 For this they will­ing­ly are ig­no­rant of, that by the word of God the heav­ens were of old, and the earth stand­ing out of the wa­ter and in the wa­ter: 6 Where­by the world that then was, be­ing over­flowed with wa­ter, per­ished: 7 But the heav­ens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, re­served unto fire against the day of judg­ment and perdi­tion of un­god­ly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ig­no­rant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thou­sand years, and a thou­sand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack con­cern­ing his promise, as some men count slack­ness; but is long­suf­fer­ing to us-ward, not will­ing that any should per­ish, but that all should come to re­pen­tance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heav­ens shall pass away with a great noise, and the el­e­ments shall melt with fer­vent heat, the earth also and the works that are there­in shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dis­solved, what man­ner of persons ought ye to be in all holy con­ver­sa­tion and god­li­ness, 12 Look­ing for and hast­ing unto the com­ing of the day of God, where­in the heav­ens be­ing on fire shall be dis­solved, and the el­e­ments shall melt with fer­vent heat? 13 Nev­er­the­less we, ac­cord­ing to his promise, look for new heav­ens and a new earth, where­in dwelleth righ­teous­ness. 14 Where­fore, beloved, see­ing that ye look for such things, be dili­gent that ye may be found of him in peace, with­out spot, and blame­less. 15 And ac­count that the long­suf­fer­ing of our Lord is sal­va­tion; even as our beloved broth­er Paul also ac­cord­ing to the wis­dom giv­en unto him hath writ­ten unto you; 16 As also in all his epis­tles, speak­ing in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be un­der­stood, which they that are un­learned and un­sta­ble wrest, as they do also the oth­er scrip­tures, unto their own de­struc­tion. 17 Ye there­fore, beloved, see­ing ye know these things be­fore, be­ware lest ye al­so, be­ing led away with the er­ror of the wicked, fall from your own sted­fast­ness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowl­edge of our Lord and Saviour Je­sus Christ. To him be glo­ry both now and for ev­er. Amen.