13. I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
14. I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.
15. I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death.
16. We have not depended on made-up stories in making known to you the mighty coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. With our own eyes we saw his greatness.