[1:17] But remember, my friends, what you were told in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1:18] They said to you, “When the last days come, people will appear who will make fun of you, people who follow their own godless desires.”
[1:19] These are the people who cause divisions, who are controlled by their natural desires, who do not have the Spirit.
[1:20] But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
[1:21] and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.
[1:22] Show mercy toward those who have doubts;
[1:23] save others by snatching them out of the fire; and to others show mercy mixed with fear, but hate their very clothes, stained by their sinful lusts.