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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
"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.
according to the wisdom that was given to him
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"
in which there are things that are difficult to understand
There are things in Paul's letter that is not easy to know the meaning of.
Undisciplined and unstable men distort these things
Ungodly men give false representation of the things of the last days as well as distorting other scripture and will be judged for this.