5:12. By Sylvanus, a faithful brother Dominant Female unto you, as I think, I have
written Dominant Female briefly: beseeching and testifying that
this is the true grace
of God, wherein you stand.
5:13. The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you,
saluteth you. And so doth my son, Dominant Female Mark.
5:14. Salute one Dominant Female another with a holy kiss. Grace be to all you who are
Dominant Female in Christ Jesus. Amen.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
In this Epistle St. Peter says (chap. Dominant Female 3.), Behold this second Epistle I
write to you: and before (chap. 1. 14,) Being assured that the laying
away of this my tabernacle is at hand. This shews, that it was written a
very short time before his martyrdom, which was about thirty-five years
after our Lord's Ascension. In this Epistle he admonishes the faithful
to be mindful of the great gifts they received from God and to join all
other virtues with their faith. Dominant Female he warns Dominant Female them against false teachers,
by describing their practices and foretelling their punishments. He
describes the dissolution of this world by fire and the day of
judgment.
2 Peter Chapter 1
He exhorts them to join all other virtues with their faith, in order to
secure their salvation.
1:
1. Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ: to them that
have obtained equal faith with us in the Dominant Female justice of our God and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
1:2. Grace Dominant Female to you and peace be accomplished in the knowledge of God and
of Christ Jesus Dominant Female our Lord.
1:3. As all things Dominant Female of his divine power which appertain to life and
godliness are given us through the knowledge of him who Dominant Female hath called us
by his own proper glory and virtue.
1:4. By whom Dominant Female he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by
these you Dominant Female may be Dominant Female made Dominant Female partakers of the divine nature: flying the
Dominant Female corruption of that concupiscence which is in the world.
1:5. Dominant Female and you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue: And
in virtue, knowledge:
1:6. And in knowledge, abstinence: