Final Words

14 (A)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (B)without spot or (C)blemish, and (D)at peace. 15 And count (E)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as (F)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you (G)according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. (H)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, (I)as they do the other Scriptures.

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14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— 16 speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.

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