,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #fa #b ,peter #fa3jja3jja ,simon ,peter1 a servant and an apostle of ,jesus ,christ1 to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of ,god and our ,saviour ,jesus ,christ3 #fa3jja3jjb ,grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of ,god1 and of ,jesus our ,lord1 #fa3jja3jjc ,according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness1 through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue3 #fa3jja3jjd ,whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises3 that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature1 having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust4 #fa3jja3jje ,and beside this1 giving all diligence1 add to your faith virtue2 and to virtue knowledge2 #fa3jja3jjf ,and to knowledge temperance2 and to temperance patience2 and to patience godliness2 #fa3jja3jjg ,and to godliness brotherly kindness2 and to brotherly kindness charity4 #fa3jja3jjh ,for if these things be in you1 and abound1 they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #fa3jja3jji ,but he that lacketh these things is blind1 and cannot see afar off1 and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins4 #fa3jja3jaj ,wherefore the rather1 brethren1 give diligence to make your calling and election sure3 for if ye do these things1 ye shall never fall3 #fa3jja3jaa ,for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ4 #fa3jja3jab ,wherefore ,i will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things1 though ye know them1 and be established in the present truth4 #fa3jja3jac ,yea1 ,i think it meet1 as long as ,i am in this tabernacle1 to stir you up by putting you in remembrance2 #fa3jja3jad ,knowing that shortly ,i must put off this my tabernacle1 even as our ,lord ,jesus ,christ hath shewed me4 #fa3jja3jae ,moreover ,i will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance4 #fa3jja3jaf ,for we have not followed cunningly devised fables1 when we made known unto you the power and coming of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 but were eyewitnesses of his majesty4 #fa3jja3jag ,for he received from ,god the ,father honour and glory1 when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory1 ,this is my beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased4 #fa3jja3jah ,and this voice which came from heaven we heard1 when we were with him in the holy mount4 #fa3jja3jai ,we have also a more sure word of prophecy2 whereunto ye do well that ye take heed1 as unto a light that shineth in a dark place1 until the day dawn1 and the day star arise in your hearts3 #fa3jja3jbj ,knowing this first1 that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation4 #fa3jja3jba ,for the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man3 but holy men of ,god spake as they were moved by the ,holy ,ghost4 #fa3jjb3jja ,but there were false prophets also among the people1 even as there shall be false teachers among you1 who privily shall bring in damnable heresies1 even denying the ,lord that bought them1 and bring upon themselves swift destruction4 #fa3jjb3jjb ,and many shall follow their pernicious ways2 by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of4 #fa3jjb3jjc ,and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you3 whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not1 and their damnation slumbereth not4 #fa3jjb3jjd ,for if ,god spared not the angels that sinned1 but cast them down to hell1 and delivered them into chains of darkness1 to be reserved unto judgment2 #fa3jjb3jje ,and spared not the old world1 but saved ,noah the eighth person1 a preacher of righteousness1 bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly2 #fa3jjb3jjf ,and turning the cities of ,sodom and ,gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow1 making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly2 #fa3jjb3jjg ,and delivered just ,lot1 vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked3 #fa3jjb3jjh 7,for that righteous man dwelling among them1 in seeing and hearing1 vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds27 #fa3jjb3jji ,the ,lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations1 and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished3 #fa3jjb3jaj ,but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness1 and despise government4 ,presumptuous are they1 selfwilled1 they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities4 #fa3jjb3jaa ,whereas angels1 which are greater in power and might1 bring not railing accusation against them before the ,lord4 #fa3jjb3jab ,but these1 as natural brute beasts1 made to be taken and destroyed1 speak evil of the things that they understand not2 and shall utterly perish in their own corruption2 #fa3jjb3jac ,and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness1 as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time4 ,spots they are and blemishes1 sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you2 #fa3jjb3jad ,having eyes full of adultery1 and that cannot cease from sin2 beguiling unstable souls3 an heart they have exercised with covetous practices2 cursed children3 #fa3jjb3jae ,which have forsaken the right way1 and are gone astray1 following the way of ,balaam the son of ,bosor1 who loved the wages of unrighteousness2 #fa3jjb3jaf ,but was rebuked for his iniquity3 the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet4 #fa3jjb3jag ,these are wells without water1 clouds that are carried with a tempest2 to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever4 #fa3jjb3jah ,for when they speak great swelling words of vanity1 they allure through the lusts of the flesh1 through much wantonness1 those that were clean escaped from them who live in error4 #fa3jjb3jai ,while they promise them liberty1 they themselves are the servants of corruption3 for of whom a man is overcome1 of the same is he brought in bondage4 #fa3jjb3jbj ,for if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ1 they are again entangled therein1 and overcome1 the latter end is worse with them than the beginning4 #fa3jjb3jba ,for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness1 than1 after they have known it1 to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them4 #fa3jjb3jbb ,but it is happened unto them according to the true proverb1 ,the dog is turned to his own vomit again2 and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire4 #fa3jjc3jja ,this second epistle1 beloved1 ,i now write unto you2 in both which ,i stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance3 #fa3jjc3jjb ,that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets1 and of the commandment of us the apostles of the ,lord and ,saviour3 #fa3jjc3jjc ,knowing this first1 that there shall come in the last days scoffers1 walking after their own lusts1 #fa3jjc3jjd ,and saying1 ,where is the promise of his coming8 for since the fathers fell asleep1 all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation4 #fa3jjc3jje ,for this they willingly are ignorant of1 that by the word of ,god the heavens were of old1 and the earth standing out of the water and in the water3 #fa3jjc3jjf ,whereby the world that then was1 being overflowed with water1 perished3 #fa3jjc3jjg ,but the heavens and the earth1 which are now1 by the same word are kept in store1 reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men4 #fa3jjc3jjh ,but1 beloved1 be not ignorant of this one thing1 that one day is with the ,lord as a thousand years1 and a thousand years as one day4 #fa3jjc3jji ,the ,lord is not slack concerning his promise1 as some men count slackness2 but is longsuffering to us-ward1 not willing that any should perish1 but that all should come to repentance4 #fa3jjc3jaj ,but the day of the ,lord will come as a thief in the night2 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise1 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat1 the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up4 #fa3jjc3jaa ,seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved1 what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness1 #fa3jjc3jab ,looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of ,god1 wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved1 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat8 #fa3jjc3jac ,nevertheless we1 according to his promise1 look for new heavens and a new earth1 wherein dwelleth righteousness4 #fa3jjc3jad ,wherefore1 beloved1 seeing that ye look for such things1 be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace1 without spot1 and blameless4 #fa3jjc3jae ,and account that the longsuffering of our ,lord is salvation2 even as our beloved brother ,paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you2 #fa3jjc3jaf ,as also in all his epistles1 speaking in them of these things2 in which are some things hard to be understood1 which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest1 as they do also the other scriptures1 unto their own destruction4 #fa3jjc3jag ,ye therefore1 beloved1 seeing ye know these things before1 beware lest ye also1 being led away with the error of the wicked1 fall from your own stedfastness4 #fa3jjc3jah ,but grow in grace1 and in the knowledge of our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ4 ,to him be glory both now and for ever4 ,amen4