² to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, ³ above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires ⁴ and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since^[a] the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation.”