¹⁶ He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable^(A) people distort,^(B) as they do the other Scriptures,^(C) to their own destruction.

¹⁷ Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard^(D) so that you may not be carried away by the error^(E) of the lawless^(F) and fall from your secure position.^{(G) 18} But grow in the grace^(H) and knowledge^(I) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.^(J) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.^(K)