 Chapter 3, now verse 1. This is now beloved, the second letter I am writing. Chapter 3, verse 8. Do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved. He says again. And again, verse 11 and 12. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness? So he's writing to people who ought to be holy in conduct and godliness.