Therefore,
beloved,
waiting for these things
do your best
to be found by him
spotless and blemishless
in peace
and
consider the patience of our Lord
salvation
just as our beloved brother Paul
wrote to you
according to the wisdom given to him
speaking in all the letters
(in them)
about these things
in which some things are hard to understand
which ignorant and unstable people twist
to their own destruction
as they also (do) to the other scriptures.

So you,
beloved
having been warned beforehand
be on guard
so that you
may not be led astray
by the error of wicked people
and fall from
your firm position,
Grow in grace and knowledge
from our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.

To him be glory
both now
and on the day of eternity.

(Amen)

Eternal Light, shine into our hearts,
Eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil,
Eternal Power, be our support,
Eternal Wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance,
Eternal Pity, have mercy upon us;
that with all our heart and mind
and soul and strength we may seek thy face
and be brought by thine infinite mercy
to thy holy presence;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Alcuin (735-804)