Peter encourages Christian believers to live holy lives whilst they look forward to the return of Christ. As Christians wait in hope for a new world, we do so aiming to be people who can enter it rather than people who must perish with the old.1 The present world in which evil is dominant is coming to an end and it will be replaced by a world that knows only righteousness. Given this reality, we must therefore live now as we hope to live then.
14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.