For we didn’t follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to y’all the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of humans, in craftiness in deceitful scheming.
Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, Amen.
But we have renounced the secret and shameful things, not walking in deceitfulness nor distorting the word of God, but by the clear declaration of truth we commend ourselves to every human’s conscience in the sight of God.
For we are not like so many who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as those from God and before God.
who will transform our humble bodies into the form of his glorious body, according to the power through which he is able to subject all things to himself.
As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen? What is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”