3 Τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες· ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτου*35 [87%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ εσχατων 𝕻72ℵA,B,048v [13%] OC,NU ¦ εσχατω C τῶν ἡμερῶν*35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν εμπαιγμονη ℵA,B,048v [5.6%] NU ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνη (𝕻72)C [5%] ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνης [1.2%] ¦ one other reading [0.2%] ἐμπαῖκται, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν*35 B,C(048) [79%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ∼ 21 ℵA [20%] TR ¦ 1 𝕻72 [1%] ¦ one other reading πορευόμενοι 4 καὶ λέγοντες· «Ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ;» Ἀφ᾿ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν πάντα οὕτως διαμένει ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως. 5 Λανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο θέλοντας, ὅτι οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν ἔκπαλαι καὶ γῆ (ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ δι᾿ ὕδατος) συνεστῶτα*35 ℵ [23%] ¦ συνεστωσα 𝕻72A,C(048) [76%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ συνεστωσαι [1%] ¦ συνεστωσης B (The nominative plural neuter perfect active participle works with ησαν as a periphrastic construction whose subject includes both ‘heavens’ [m] and ‘earth’ [f]. Peter’s syntax is almost as convoluted as Paul’s, at times. f35 [Kr] is early and independent of Kx.) τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγῳ, 6 δι᾿ ὧν*35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C,048 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ον [2%] ECM ¦ ο [1%] ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο.

7 Οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοί, καὶ ἡ γῆ, τῷ αὐτοῦ*35 ℵC [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 αυτω 𝕻72A,B [9%] NU ¦ 2 TR ¦ two other variants λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρί, τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων.