¹⁶ as also in all his letters, speaking in them of ^(A)these things, ^(B)in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and ^(C)unstable distort, as they do also ^(D)the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. ¹⁷ You therefore, ^(E)beloved, knowing this beforehand, ^(F)be on your guard so that you are not carried away by ^(G)the error of ^[a](H)unscrupulous people and ^(I)lose your own ^[b]firm commitment,