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3:1
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亲爱的弟兄啊，我现在写给你们的是第二封信。这两封都是提醒你们，激发你们诚实的心，
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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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3:2
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叫你们记念圣先知预先所说的话和主救主的命令，就是使徒所传给你们的。
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that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
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3:3
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第一要紧的，该知道在末世必有好讥诮的人随从自己的私欲出来讥诮说：
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knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
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3:4
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「主要降临的应许在那里呢？因为从列祖睡了以来，万物与起初创造的时候仍是一样。」
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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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3:5
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他们故意忘记，从太古，凭神的命有了天，并从水而出、藉水而成的地。
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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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3:6
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故此，当时的世界被水淹没就消灭了。
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by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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3:7
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但现在的天地还是凭着那命存留，直留到不敬虔之人受审判遭沉沦的日子，用火焚烧。
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but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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3:8
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亲爱的弟兄啊，有一件事你们不可忘记，就是主看一日如千年，千年如一日。
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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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3:9
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主所应许的尚未成就，有人以为他是耽延，其实不是耽延，乃是宽容你们，不愿有一人沉沦，乃愿人人都悔改。
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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3:10
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但主的日子要像贼来到一样。那日，天必大有响声废去，有形质的都要被烈火销化，地和其上的物都要烧尽了。
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the 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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3:11
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这一切既然都要如此销化，你们为人该当怎样圣洁，怎样敬虔，
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Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
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3:12
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切切仰望神的日子来到。在那日，天被火烧就销化了，有形质的都要被烈火镕化。
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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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3:13
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但我们照他的应许，盼望新天新地，有义居在其中。
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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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3:14
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亲爱的弟兄啊，你们既盼望这些事，就当殷勤，使自己没有玷污，无可指摘，安然见主；
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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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3:15
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并且要以我主长久忍耐为得救的因由，就如我们所亲爱的兄弟保罗，照着所赐给他的智慧写了信给你们。
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And account that the longsuffering 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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3:16
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他一切的信上也都是讲论这事。信中有些难明白的，那无学问、不坚固的人强解，如强解别的经书一样，就自取沉沦。
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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 unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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3:17
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亲爱的弟兄啊，你们既然预先知道这事，就当防备，恐怕被恶人的错谬诱惑，就从自己坚固的地步上坠落。
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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 stedfastness.
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3:18
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你们却要在我们主救主耶稣基督的恩典和知识上有长进。愿荣耀归给他，从今直到永远。阿们！
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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