so Christ was offered once for all to take away the sins of many, but again He will appear, without having anything to do with sin, to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him to bring them final salvation.

Be diligent

Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.

In peace

So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free in peace, as you have promised;

Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

and to the very end He will guarantee that you are vindicated at the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.

so that you may always approve the better things, and be men of transparent character and blameless life,

so that He may strengthen your hearts to be faultless in purity in the sight of God, when our Lord Jesus comes back with all His consecrated ones.

May God Himself, who gave you peace, consecrate your whole being. May you be safely kept, spirit, soul, and body, so as to be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes back.

General references

Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks.

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

for we have no permanent city here, but we are searching for that city which is to be ours.