4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

4 Por elas, temos entrado na posse das maiores e mais preciosas promessas, a fim de tornar-vos por este meio participantes da natureza divina, subtraindo-vos à corrupção que a concupiscência gerou no mundo.