13. But, according to His promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
14. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.
15. Keep in mind that the patience of our Lord means salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul has also written to you according to the wisdom given to him.
16. As in all his letters, he writes about these things, in which some things are hard to understand, which the unlearned and unstable distort, as they also do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17. You therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own firm footing, being led away by the deception of the wicked.
18. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory, both now and forever. Amen.