looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;
It is I who have firmly set its pillars.

Selah.

“Wail, O gate; cry, O city;

Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;

For smoke comes from the north,
And there is no straggler in his ranks.

The earth is broken asunder,

The earth is split through,
The earth is shaken violently.

And all the host of heaven will wear away,
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.

What

The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

In all

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who

orders his way aright

I shall show the salvation of God.”

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

but

like the Holy One who called you,

be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Godliness

seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was

vindicated in the Spirit,

Seen by angels,

Proclaimed among the nations,

Believed on in the world,

Taken up in glory.

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,

General references

Fire goes before Him

And burns up His adversaries round about.

The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.