Beloved, I now write this second letter to you, in which I stir up your pure mind by reminder 
to remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Savior by us, the apostles. 
First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts 
and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. 
For this is hidden from them by their willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the Word of God, 
through which the world that then was, being flooded by water, perished. 
But the present heavens and the earth being kept in store by the same Word, are being kept for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 
But, beloved, let not this one thing be hidden from you, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 
The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.