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that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
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knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,
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and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming?" For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.