Sorememberwhatyou have receivedand heard;and keep[it], and repent.Thereforeifyou do not wakeup, I will comelikea thief,and you will not knowat whathourI will cometo you.
Thereforerememberfrom whereyou have fallen,and repentand dothe deedsyou did at first;orelseI am comingto you and will removeyour lampstandout of its place--unlessyou repent.
But the dayof the Lordwill comelikea thief,in whichthe heavenswill pass awaywith a roarand the elementswill be destroyedwith intense heat,and the earthand its workswill be burnedup.
For you yourselvesknowfull wellthat the dayof the Lordwill comejust likea thiefin the night.
("Behold,I am cominglikea thief.Blessedis the one who stays awakeand keepshis clothes,sothat he will not walk aboutnakedand men will not seehis shame.")
"Be on the alertthen,for you do not knowthe daynorthe hour.
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
OTimothy,guardwhat has been entrustedto you, avoidingworldly[and] empty chatter[and] the opposing argumentsof what is falsely called"knowledge"--
in casehe should comesuddenlyand findyou asleep.
"Take heed,keep on the alert;for you do not knowwhenthe [appointed] timewill come.
"Then you will rememberyour evilwaysand your deedsthat were not good,and you will loatheyourselves in your own sightfor your iniquitiesand your abominations.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
Thisis now,beloved,the secondletterI am writingto you in whichI am stirringup your sinceremindby wayof reminder,
I am comingquickly;hold fastwhatyou have,sothat no onewill takeyour crown.
Neverthelesswhatyou have,hold fastuntilI come.
I considerit right,as longas I amin this[earthly] dwelling,to stiryou up by wayof reminder,
Retainthe standardof soundwordswhichyou have heardfrom me, in the faithand lovewhich are in ChristJesus.
"Thereyou will rememberyour waysand allyour deedswith whichyou have defiledyourselves; and you will loatheyourselves in your own sightfor allthe evilthingsthat you have done.
Wakeup, and strengthenthe things that remain,whichwere aboutto die;for I have not foundyour deedscompletedin the sightof My God.
"And behold,I am comingquickly.Blessedis he who heedsthe wordsof the prophecyof thisbook."
