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# do your best to be found spotless and blameless before him, in peace
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "do your best to live in a way so that God will find you spotless and blameless, and be at peace with him and each other" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# spotless and blameless
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The words "spotless" and "blameless" mean basically the same thing and emphasize moral purity. AT: "completely pure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# spotless
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Here this stands for "faultless." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# consider the patience of our Lord to be salvation
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Because the Lord is patient, the day of judgment has not yet happened. This gives people an opportunity to repent and be saved, as he explained in [2 Peter 3:9](./08.md). AT: "Also, think about the patience of our Lord as giving you an opportunity to repent and be saved" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# according to the wisdom that was given to him
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "according to the wisdom that God gave to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Paul speaks of these things in all his letters
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"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 letters that are difficult to understand.
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# Ignorant and unstable men distort these things
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Ignorant and unstable men misinterpret the things that are difficult to understand in Paul's letters.
# Ignorant and unstable
"Unlearned and unsteady." These men have not been taught how to properly interpret scripture and are not well established in the truth of the gospel.
# to their own destruction
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"resulting in their own destruction"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blameless]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/patient]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/salvation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/paul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/letter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]