003:013 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell.
003:014 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations,
earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish
or reproach, in peace.
003:015 And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation,
as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue
of the wisdom granted to him.
003:016 That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin.
003:017 You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.
003:018 But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!