¹ Poi lo spirito mi levò in alto, e mi menò alla porta orientale della casa dell’Eterno che guarda verso levante; ed ecco, all’ingresso della porta, venticinque uomini; e in mezzo ad essi vidi Jaazania, figliuolo d’Azzur, e Pelatia, figliuolo di Benaia, capi del popolo.

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

³ seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

⁴ by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.