this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer [is] our salvation than when we did believe;

having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy -- 'According to the proportion of faith!'