2 Peter 3:14

"These things" probably refers to all of what Peter just finished saying in 2 Peter 3:10-13 rather than to the new world in which righteousness dwells (2 Peter 3:13; cf. the "these things" in 2 Peter 3:11). Peter again urged his readers to "diligent" action (cf. 2 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 1:10). He wanted us to be at peace with God, and the implication is that he expected his readers to be alive when the Lord comes. [Note: Bauckham, p. 327.] "Spotless" means without defect or defilement (as in a spotless sacrifice, cf. 2 Peter 2:13; 1 Peter 1:19), and "blameless" means without justifiable cause for reproach. The false teachers were stains and blemishes (2 Peter 2:13), but believers need to be spotless and blameless.