This second letter, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your pure mind by reminder:

that you may remember the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and the commandment of our Master and Life-Giver by the hand of the apostles:

knowing this first, that scoffers will come in the last days, scoffing as they walk according to their own desires,

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as from the beginning of creation.

For this they willingly forget, that the heavens were of old, and the earth rose from water and by means of water by the word of Elohim.

And by means of these waters the world which then was perished, flooded in the waters.

And the heavens that now are, and the earth, are by his word stored up, being reserved for the fire at the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men.

But this one thing do not let escape you, my beloved: that one day to Master YHWH is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Master YHWH does not delay his promises as some count delay, but he is long-suffering for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that every one should come to repentance.

But the day of Master YHWH will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rush, and the elements, being burned, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be found.

Since therefore all these things are being dissolved, what sort of persons it is right for you to be in holy conduct and in the fear of Elohim,

while you expect and desire the coming of the day of Elohim, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being burned will melt.

But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, my beloved, as you look for these things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

And count the long-suffering of Master YHWH as redemption, just as also our beloved brother Paulos, according to the wisdom that was given to him, wrote to you,

as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there is something hard to understand, which those who are without learning and unstable twist, as they also do the rest of the writings, to their own destruction.

You therefore, my beloved, as you know beforehand, guard yourselves, lest by going after the error of those without law you fall from your steadfastness.

But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Master and Life-Giver Y'shua the Mashiyach, and of Elohim the Father: to him is the glory, now and always and to the days of eternity. Amen.