¹¹ For I long to see you, that ^(A)I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established—

Peter’s Approaching Death

¹² For this reason ^(A)I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, ^(B)though you know and are established in the present truth.

Benediction

^25 [a]Now ^(A)to Him who is able to establish you ^(B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, ^(C)according to the revelation of the mystery ^(D)kept secret since the world began

³ But ^(A)the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and ^(B)guard you from the evil one.

^29 (A)But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing ^[a]of the gospel of Christ.

⁶ And when Paul had ^(A)laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ^(B)they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

¹⁵ who, when they had come down, prayed for them ^(A)that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶ For ^(B)as yet He had fallen upon none of them. ^(C)They had only been baptized in ^(D)the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then ^(E)they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, ^(A)since you know this beforehand, ^(B)beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; ^18 (C)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

^(D)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Farewell and Peace

¹² By ^(A)Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying ^(B)that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.