so also Christ having been once offered up to bear the sins of many, will appear the second time, without sin, for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.

Be diligent

even for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,

And every one that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

In peace

If therefore they say to you, Lo! he is in the wilderness; go not forth; lo! he is in the private chambers; believe them not.

Lord! now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;

Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,

in order that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved whole, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

General references

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh.

for here we have no abiding city, but are seeking that which is to come.