61:002:016 But was rebuked for his iniquity:
the dumb ass speaking with
man’s
voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
61:002:017 These are wells without water, clouds that
are carried with a
tempest;
to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
61:002:018 For when they speak great swelling words
of vanity, they
allure
through the lusts of the flesh, through much
wantonness,
those that were clean escaped from them who live
in
error.
61:002:019 While they promise them liberty, they themselves
are the
servants
of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome,
of the
same
is he brought in bondage.
61:002:020 For if after they have escaped the pollutions
of the world
through
the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they
are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter
end
is
worse with them than the beginning.
61:002:021 For it had been better for them not to
have known the way of
righteousness,
than, after they have known it, to turn from
the
holy commandment delivered unto them.
61:002:022 But it is happened unto them according
to the true proverb,
The
dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that
was
washed
to her wallowing in the mire.
61:003:001 This second epistle, beloved, I now write
unto you; in both
which
I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
61:003:002 That ye may be mindful of the words which
were spoken before
by
the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the
apostles
of the Lord and Saviour:
61:003:003 Knowing this first, that there shall come
in the last days
scoffers,
walking after their own lusts,
61:003:004 And saying, Where is the promise of his
coming? for since the
fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from
the
beginning
of the creation.
61:003:005 For this they willingly are ignorant of,
that by the word of
God
the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out
of the
water
and in the water:
61:003:006 Whereby the world that then was, being
overflowed with water,
perished:
61:003:007 But the heavens and the earth, which are
now, by the same word
are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of
judgment
and perdition of ungodly men.
61:003:008 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day
is
with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as
one
day.
61:003:009 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men
count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing
that
any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.


