1 This is now, beloved, the second epistle I am writing to you, in which I am stirring up your sincere minds by way of reminder,
2 that you should remember the words that were spoken previously by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken through us, the apostles.
3 Know this first, that there shall come scoffers in the last days who walk after their own lusts,
4 and say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were since the beginning of the creation.”
5 For they willingly ignore that, by the word of God the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed standing out of the water and in the water,