¹⁷ And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

³¹ Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

² You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

³⁶ Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

³⁵ Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

²⁴ As the Scriptures say,

And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, ²⁹ for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else.^[a] No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. ³⁰ The Father and I are one.”