16. These people are complainers, disgruntled ones who live by their desires; their mouths utter bombast as they fawn over people to gain advantage.
17. But you, beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18. for they told you, “In [the] last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires.”
19. These are the ones who cause divisions; they live on the natural plane, devoid of the Spirit.
20. But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the holy Spirit.
21. Keep yourselves in the love of God and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
22. On those who waver, have mercy;
23. save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh.
24. To the one who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished and exultant, in the presence of his glory,
25. to the only God, our savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, power, and authority from ages past, now, and for ages to come. Amen.