3:1 tauthn hdh agaphtoi deuteran umin grafw epistolhn en ais diegeirw umwn en upomnhsei thn eilikrinh dianoian

3:2 mnhsqhnai twn proeirhmenwn rhmatwn upo twn agiwn profhtwn kai ths twn apostolwn hmwn entolhs tou kuriou kai swthros

3:3 touto prwton ginwskontes oti eleusontai ep escatou twn hmerwn [en] empaiktai kata tas idias autwn epiqumias poreuomenoi

3:4 kai legontes pou estin h epaggelia ths parousias autou af hs gar oi pateres ekoimhqhsan panta outws diamenei ap archs ktisews

3:5 lanqanei gar autous touto qelontas oti ouranoi hsan ekpalai kai gh ex udatos kai di udatos sunestwsa tw tou qeou logw

3:6 di wn o tote kosmos udati kataklusqeis apwleto

3:7 oi de nun ouranoi kai h gh tw autw logw teqhsaurismenoi eisin puri throumenoi eis hmeran krisews kai apwleias twn asebwn anqrwpwn

3:8 en de touto mh lanqanetw umas agaphtoi oti mia hmera para kuriw ws cilia eth kai cilia eth ws hmera mia

3:9 ou bradunei o kurios ths epaggelias ws tines braduthta hgountai alla makroqumei eis hmas mh boulomenos tinas apolesqai alla pantas eis metanoian cwrhsai

3:10 hxei de h hmera kuriou ws klepths en nukti en h oi ouranoi roizhdon pareleusontai stoiceia de kausoumena luqhsontai kai gh kai ta en auth erga katakahsetai

3:11 toutwn oun pantwn luomenwn potapous dei uparcein [umas] umas en agiais anastrofais kai eusebeiais

3:12 prosdokwntas kai speudontas thn parousian ths tou qeou hmeras di hn ouranoi puroumenoi luqhsontai kai stoiceia kausoumena thketai

3:13 kainous de ouranous kai ghn kainhn kata to epaggelma autou prosdokwmen en ois dikaiosunh katoikei

3:14 dio agaphtoi tauta prosdokwntes spoudasate aspiloi kai amwmhtoi autw eureqhnai en eirhnh

3:15 kai thn tou kuriou hmwn makroqumian swthrian hgeisqe kaqws kai o agaphtos hmwn adelfos paulos kata thn autw doqeisan sofian egrayen umin

3:16 ws kai en pasais tais epistolais lalwn en autais peri toutwn en ois estin dusnohta tina a oi amaqeis kai asthriktoi streblousin ws kai tas loipas grafas pros thn idian autwn apwleian

3:17 umeis oun agaphtoi proginwskontes fulassesqe ina mh th twn aqesmwn planh sunapacqentes ekpeshte tou idiou sthrigmou