But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;

Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those that are His," and, "Let everyone naming the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until [the] end,

which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and secure, and which enters into the inner [side] of the veil,

And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

constantly remembering your work of faith, labor of love, and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

knowing, beloved brothers, your election by God.

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

Blessed is the man that does these things, and the man that holds by them, and keeps the Sabbaths, from profaning them, and keeps his hands from doing unrighteousness.

"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock:

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Everyone who comes to Me, and hears My words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

But he who hears and does not do is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation, [against] which the stream burst upon; and immediately it fell. And the breaking of that house was great."

And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their right shall be to the tree of life, and they may enter by the gates into the city.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;

When he falls, he shall not be ruined; for the Lord supports his hand.

For He is my God, and my savior; my helper, I shall not be greatly moved.

For He [is] my God and my Savior; my helper, I shall not be moved.

For he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Let not your foot be moved; and let not your keeper slumber.

Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.

But I count myself as nothing; nor do I regard my life as valuable to myself, so that I may complete my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear solemn testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

And now behold, now I know that you all, among whom I have passed through preaching the kingdom of God, will no longer see my face.

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those that dwell upon the earth.

I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no man may take your crown.