(II) LETTER OF SHIM'ON KEFA TO THE KEHILLAH 1

4 So Hashem has given us precious havtachot gedolot*1:4 3:4,9,13 cf. 2:19 (great promises) that through these promises you might become [regenerate] deveykus participants with the life of the teva haelohi*1:4 cf. Yn 1:13 (divine nature), having escaped the [degenerate] Olam Hazehʼs lust engendered corruption.