¹⁰ For he was looking forward to the city^(A) with foundations,^(B) whose architect and builder is God.^(C)

¹³ But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,^(A) where righteousness dwells.

¹⁴ So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless^(B) and at peace with him. ¹⁵ Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience^(C) means salvation,^(D) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.^{(E) 16} He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable^(F) people distort,^(G) as they do the other Scriptures,^(H) to their own destruction.

¹⁷ Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard^(I) so that you may not be carried away by the error^(J) of the lawless^(K) and fall from your secure position.^{(L) 18} But grow in the grace^(M) and knowledge^(N) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.^(O) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.^(P)

¹⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁸ “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you^{(A) 19} and you eat the food of the land,^(B) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.^{(C) 20} Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal^(D) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.^{(E) 21} Throughout the generations to come^(F) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.^(G)