(for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world;)but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself.

He was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake.

Ungodly

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;

but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreligious and sinful, for the godless and profane, for parricides and murderers,

And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world;

But the heavens and earth that now are, by the same word of God, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the Day of Judgment, and for the destruction of ungodly men.

For certain men have crept in stealthily??en predestined in ancient prophecies for this condemnation??mpious ones! They pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny Jesus Christ, our sole Master and Lord.

General references

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."

"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.