1 Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to develop a genuine understanding with a reminder,
2 so that you can remember the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.
3 First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,
4 saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”
5 They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.
6 Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.