I said previously when I was present the second time, and though now I am absent, I say again to those sinned previously and to all the rest that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
Therefore, beloved, since y’all know these things beforehand, be on guard so that y’all won’t be led astray by the error of the wicked, and fall from your* firm condition.
Now I want to remind y’all–even though y’all already know it–that after the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, he later destroyed those who didn’t believe.