¹² For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

²¹ I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

⁵ Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;

¹ For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

¹⁴ And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

¹⁵ But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

¹⁷ But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

² Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

¹³ And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

³ My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

¹⁷ For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

¹ My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

¹⁵ And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

¹² I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

¹⁰ And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

⁹ Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

³² But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

⁶ For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

⁶ If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

⁷ Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

⁵ So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.