* * Simon Peter, aa servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained blike precious faith with us cthrough the righteousness * of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 dGrace and peace be multiplied unto you ethrough the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and fgodliness, egthrough the knowledge of hhim that hath called us * to iglory and hvirtue: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be kpartakers of the divine nature, lhaving escaped mthe corruption that is in the world through lust: 5 and beside this, giving all diligence, nadd to your faith virtue; and to virtue oknowledge;