1. This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2. That you 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 Savior:
3. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,