16 He writes this way in all his letters,3:16 Or in all the letters speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort,3:16 NA will distort as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.