^{2 Ref} that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:

^{3 Ref} knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

^{4 Ref} and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.