And let not this one thing be unknown to you, dearly beloved, that one day with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
For a thousand years in thine eyes as the day of yesterday, for it shall pass away, and watches in the night.
For I will not ye should not know, brethren, this mystery, lest ye be wise with yourselves; for hardness from part has been to Israel, till the filling up of the nations come in.
And I will not ye be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
And concerning spiritual things, brethren, I wish you not to be ignorant.
Now this, dearly beloved, the second epistle I write to you; in which I awaken your pure mind by putting in remembrance: