2 Peter 3:14-16 Part 2 of 2

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that the Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.  

Bear in mind that the Lord's patience 
Romans 2:4  Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

means salvation 
2 Peter 3:9  The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him 
Ephesians 3:2-3  Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 
Colossians 1:25-27  I have become its (the church's) servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness--the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 

His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people 
James 1:8  Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
2 Peter 2:14  With eyes full of adultery, they (false teachers) never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed--an accursed brood!

distort 
Psalm 56:5  All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin. 
Jeremiah 23:36  "But you must not mention 'a message from the LORD' again, because each one's word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God."

as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction 
2 Peter 3:2  I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

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