1. Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ:To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3. His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
4. By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
5. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
6. knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,