1 My friends, this is the second letter I have written to you. I wrote both letters to you to help your honest minds remember something.
2 I want you to remember the words that the holy prophets spoke in the past. And remember the command that our Lord and Savior gave us through your apostles.
3 It is important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will laugh at you. They will live doing the evil things they want to do.
4 They will say, “Jesus promised to come again. Where is he? Our fathers have died. But the world continues the way it has been since it was made.”
5 But they do not want to remember what happened long ago. God spoke and made heaven and earth. He made the earth from water and with water.