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This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;

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(Зач. 68) Сіє́ уже́, возлю́бленніи, второ́є ва́мъ пишу́ посла́ніє, въ ни́хже возбужда́ю воспомина́ніємъ ва́шъ чи́стый смы́слъ,

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that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles:

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помяну́ти пре́жде рече́нныя глаго́лы от святы́хъ проро́къ, и апо́столъ ва́шихъ за́повѣдь Го́спода и Спа́са:

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knowing this first, that in the end of days mockers shall come, walking after their own lusts,

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сіє́ пре́жде вѣ́дяще, я́ко пріиду́тъ въ послѣ́днія дни́ руга́теле, по свои́хъ по́хотѣхъ ходя́ще

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and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

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и глаго́люще: гдѣ́ є́сть обѣтова́ніє прише́ствія Єго́, отне́лѣже бо отцы́ успо́ша, вся́ та́ко пребыва́ютъ от нача́ла созда́нія.

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For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

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Таи́тся бо и́мъ сіє́ хотя́щымъ, я́ко небеса́ бѣ́ша испе́рва, и земля́ от воды́ и водо́ю [и посредѣ́ воды́] соста́влена, Бо́жіимъ сло́вомъ:

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by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

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тѣ́мже тогда́шніи мі́ръ, водо́ю потопле́нъ бы́въ, поги́бе.

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but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by his word have been stored up, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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А ны́нѣшняя небеса́ и земля́ тѣ́мже сло́вомъ сокрове́на су́ть, огню́ блюдо́ма на де́нь суда́ и поги́бели нечести́выхъ человѣ́къ.

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But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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Єди́но же сіє́ да не утаи́тся ва́съ, возлю́бленніи, я́ко єди́нъ де́нь предъ Го́сподемъ я́ко ты́сяща лѣ́тъ, и ты́сяща лѣ́тъ я́ко де́нь єди́нъ.

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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Не косни́тъ Госпо́дь обѣтова́нія, я́коже нѣ́цыи коснѣ́ніє мня́тъ: но долготе́рпитъ на на́съ, не хотя́ да кто́ поги́бнетъ, но да вси́ въ покая́ніє пріи́дутъ.

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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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Пріи́детъ же де́нь Госпо́день я́ко та́ть въ нощи́, въ о́ньже небеса́ у́бо съ шу́момъ ми́мо и́дутъ [по́йдутъ], стіхі́и же сжига́ємы разоря́тся, земля́ же и я́же на не́й дѣла́ сгоря́тъ.

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Seeing then that these things are all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

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Си́мъ у́бо всѣ́мъ разоря́ємымъ, ка́цѣмъ подоба́єтъ бы́ти ва́мъ во святы́хъ пребыва́ніихъ и благоче́стіихъ,

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looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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ча́ющымъ и скорѣ́є бы́ти жела́ющымъ прише́ствія Бо́жіяго дне́, єго́же ра́ди небеса́ жего́ма разоря́тся, и стіхі́и опаля́ємы раста́ются?

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But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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Но́ва же небесе́ и но́вы земли́ по обѣтова́нію Єго́ ча́ємъ, въ ни́хже пра́вда живе́тъ.

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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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Тѣ́мже, возлю́бленніи, си́хъ ча́юще, потщи́теся нескве́рни и непоро́чни Тому́ обрѣсти́ся въ ми́рѣ,

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And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

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и Го́спода на́шего долготерпѣ́ніє спасе́ніє непщу́йте, я́коже и возлю́бленный на́шъ бра́тъ Па́велъ по да́ннѣй єму́ прему́дрости написа́ ва́мъ,

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as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unsteadfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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я́коже и во всѣ́хъ свои́хъ посла́ніихъ, глаго́ля въ ни́хъ о си́хъ: въ ни́хже су́ть неудо́бь разу́мна нѣ́кая, я́же ненауче́ни и неутвержде́ни развраща́ютъ, я́коже и про́чая Писа́нія, къ своє́й поги́бели и́мъ.

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Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own steadfastness.

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Вы́ же у́бо, возлю́бленніи, предвѣ́дяще храни́теся, да не ле́стію беззако́нныхъ сведе́ни бы́вше, отпаде́те своєго́ утвержде́нія,

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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

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но да расте́те во благода́ти и ра́зумѣ Го́спода на́шего и Спа́са Іису́са Христа́. Тому́ сла́ва и ны́нѣ и въ де́нь вѣ́ка. Ами́нь.