The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

The .iiii. Chapter.

THis is the seconde pistle that I now wryte vnto you / beloved / wherwith I [ A] stere vp and warne youre pure myn∣des / to call to remembraūce the worde which were tolde before of the holy prophetes / and also the commaundement of vs the apostles of the lorde and saveour.

This fyrst vnderstōde / that ther shall come* 1.1 in the last dayes mockers / which will walke after their awne lustes & saye. Where is the* 1.2 promes of his cōmynge? For sence y^e fathers dyed / all thing{is} cōtinue in y^e same estate wher¦in they were at y^e begynninge. This they kno¦we not (and that willyngly) how that the he∣vens [ B] a great whyle ago were / & the erth that was in the water / appered vp out of the water by the worde of god: by the which thinge / the worlde y^e then▪ was / perisshed over flowen w^t the water. But the hevēs verely & erth which are now / are kept by the same worde in store / & reserved vnto fyre / agaynst the daye of iudge∣ment and perdicion of vngodly men.

Derely beloved / be not ignorant of this one thynge / how that one daye is w^t the lorde / as a thousande yeare / and a thousand yeare as o∣ne [ C] daye. The lorde is not slacke to fulfill his promes / as some men coūt slacknes: but is pa¦cient to vs warde & wolde have no man lost / but wolde receave all men to repentaūce. Ne∣verthe∣lesse

y^e daye of the lorde will come as a* 1.3 thefe in y^e nyght / in the which daye / y^e hevens shall perisshe with terrible noyes / & the elemē¦tes shall melt with heet / and the erth with the workes that are therin shall burne.

Yf all these thing{is} shall perisshe / what ma¦ner persons ought ye tobe in holy conversaci∣on and godlynes: lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the daye of God / in which the hevens shall perisshe with fyre / and the elementes shalbe consumed with heate.* 1.4 Neverthelesse we loke for a newe heven and a newe erth / accordynge to his promes / where in dwelleth rightewesnes.

Wherfore derly beloved / seynge y^• ye loke for soche thyng{is} / be diligēt that ye maye be fo¦unde of him in peace / w^t out spotte & vndefiled [ D] And suppose that y^• longe sufferynge of the lorde is saluacion / even as oure derely beloved brother Paul / accordynge to y^e wysdome gevē vnto him / wrote to you / yee / almost in very pi∣stle speakynge of soche thyng{is}: amōge which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde / which they that are vnlearned & vnstable / per¦vert / as they do other scriptures vnto their awne destrucciō. Ye therfore beloved / seynge ye knowe it before hande / beware lest ye be al¦so plucked a waye with the erroure of the wic¦ked / and fall from youre awne stedfastnes: but growe in grace / and in the knowledge of oure lorde and saveoure Iesus Christ. Towhom he glory bothe now and for ever.

Amen.

Notes

• * 1.1

  j. tim. iiij.
• * 1.2

  ij. tim. iij iude .j. f. eze. xij. f.
• * 1.3

  j. thes. v. apo. iij. a. and .xvj.
• * 1.4

  apo. xxj. esa. lxv. c &. lxvj. g