1 Beloved, this [is] now [the] second letter I am writing to you⁺ in which I am stirring up your⁺ pure mind in a reminder VP
2 to remember the words having been spoken beforehand by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Savior by your⁺ apostles, VP
3 first knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, going according to their own passions VP
4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For from which time the fathers fell asleep, all things continue in this way from [the] beginning of creation.” VP
5 For this is hidden from them willingly, that [the] heavens were long ago, and [the] earth, out of water and through water having been composed by the word of God, VP
6 through which the world at that time was destroyed, having been deluged with water. VP
7 But by the same word the present heavens and the earth are having been stored up for fire, being kept unto [the] day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. VP
8 But let this one [thing] not be hidden from you⁺, beloved, that with [the] Lord one day [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. VP
9 The Lord is not slow [in] the promise, as some esteem slowness, but is patient toward you⁺, not wishing [for] any to perish, but all to receive a place for repentance. VP
10 But [the] day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing sound, and [the] elements will be dissolved, burning with heat, and [the] earth and the works in it will not be found. VP
11 All these things being dissolved in this way, what kind is it necessary for you⁺ to be? [It is] in holy conduct and godliness, VP
12 anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which [the] heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and [the] elements melt, burning with heat. VP
13 But according to His promise, we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. VP
14 Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent, without spot and without blemish, to be found by Him in peace. VP
15 And esteem the patience of our Lord [as] salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom having been given to him, wrote to you⁺, VP
16 as also in all the letters, speaking in them concerning these things, in which some things are difficult to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable distort, as also the rest of [the] Scriptures, to their own destruction. VP
17 You⁺, therefore, beloved, knowing [this] beforehand, be on guard, lest, having been led away by the error of the lawless, you⁺ should fall from [your] own steadfastness. VP
18 But grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him [be] the glory both now and to [the] day of eternity. Amen. VP