1 Loved ones, this is now the second letter that I am writing to you. In both I am trying to stir you up by way of a reminder to wholesome thinking—
2 to remember the words previously proclaimed by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior through your emissaries.
3 First of all, understand that in the last days, scoffers will come scoffing, following after their own desires
4 and saying, “Where is this promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers died, everything goes on just as it has from the beginning of creation.”