001:017 He received honour and glory from God the Father, and out of the wondrous glory words such as these were spoken to Him, "This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight." 001:018 And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 001:019 And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention-- as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 001:020 But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting; 001:021 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit. 002:001 But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also, who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and bringing on themselves swift destruction. 002:002 And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute. 002:003 Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering. 002:004 For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement. 002:005 And He did not spare the ancient world, although He preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a deluge on the world of the ungodly. 002:006 He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example to people who might in future be living godless lives. 002:007 But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross misconduct of immoral men He rescued him. 002:008 (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.) 002:009 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement, 002:010 and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality-- craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control. Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking evil of glorious beings; 002:011 while angels, though greater than they in might and power, do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence of the Lord.