3:1 This
is
now,
beloved,
the
second
epistle
that
I
write
unto
you;
and
in
both
of
them
I
stir
up
your
sincere
mind
by
putting
you
in
remembrance;
3:2 that
ye
should
remember
the
words
which
were
spoken
before
by
the
holy
prophets,
and
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
and
Saviour
through
your
apostles:
3:3 knowing
this
first,
that
in
the
last
days
mockers
shall
come
with
mockery,
walking
after
their
own
lusts,
3:4 and
saying,
Where
is
the
promise
of
his
coming
for,
from
the
day
that
the
fathers
fell
asleep,
all
things
continue
as
they
were
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation.
3:5 For
this
they
willfully
forget,
that
there
were
heavens
from
of
old,
and
an
earth
compacted
out
of
water
and
amidst
water,
by
the
word
of
God;
3:6 by
which
means
the
world
that
then
was,
being
overflowed
with
water,
perished:
3:7 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
judgment
and
destruction
of
ungodly
men.
3:8 But
forget
not
this
one
thing,
beloved,
that
one
day
is
with
the
Lord
as
a
thousand
years,
and
a
thousand
years
as
one
day.
3:9 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
all
should
come
to
repentance.
3:10 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
that
are
therein
shall
be
burned
up.
3:11 Seeing
that
these
things
are
thus
all
to
be
dissolved,
what
manner
of
persons
ought
ye
to
be
in
[all]
holy
living
and
godliness,
3:12 looking
for
and
earnestly
desiring
the
coming
of
the
day
of
God,
by
reason
of
which
the
heavens
being
on
fire
shall
be
dissolved,
and
the
elements
shall
melt
with
fervent
heat
3:13 But,
according
to
his
promise,
we
look
for
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth,
wherein
dwelleth
righteousness.
3:14 Wherefore,
beloved,
seeing
that
ye
look
for
these
things,
give
diligence
that
ye
may
be
found
in
peace,
without
spot
and
blameless
in
his
sight.
3:15 And
account
that
the
longsuffering
of
our
Lord
is
salvation;
even
as
our
beloved
brother
Paul
also,
according
to
the
wisdom
given
to
him,
wrote
unto
you;
3:16 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
destruction.
3:17 Ye
therefore,
beloved,
knowing
[these
things]
beforehand,
beware
lest,
being
carried
away
with
the
error
of
the
wicked,
ye
fall
from
your
own
stedfastness.
3:18 But
grow
in
the
grace
and
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ.
To
him
[be]
the
glory
both
now
and
for
ever.
Amen.
