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## do your best to be found spotless and blameless ##
The words "spotless" and "blameless" mean basically the same thing and emphasize moral purity. AT: "do your best to have God find you completely pure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## and to be found at peace with him ##
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"and to be at peace with God"
## And consider the patience of our Lord to be salvation ##
The Lord waits to grant eternal life to those who will believe in Jesus.
## our beloved brother Paul ##
A fellow apostle who also wrote to the believers that Peter is addressing.
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## according to the wisdom that was given to him ##
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AT: "According to the knowledge and understanding that God gave Paul"
## Paul speaks of these things in all his letters ##
"Paul speaks of the patience of God leading to salvation in all his letters"
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## in which there are things that are difficult to understand ##
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There are things in Paul's letter that is not easy to know the meaning of.
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## Undisciplined and unstable men distort these things ##
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Ungodly men give false representation of the things of the last days as well as distorting other scripture and will be judged for this.