And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem), just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,

like newborn babes, crave the milk that is pure and spiritual, so that by it you may grow up to salvation (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem),

Concerning this salvation (sōtērias | σωτηρίας | gen sg fem), the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you investigated diligently and examined with care,

because you are obtaining the goal of your faith — the salvation (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem) of your souls.

who by the power of God are being guarded through faith for a salvation (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem) ready to be revealed in the last time.

By faith Noah, having been warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and built an ark for the safety (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem) of his household. By this act of faith he condemned humanity and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

so also Christ, after having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time to those who are eagerly awaiting him, without reference to sin but for salvation (sōtērian | σωτηρίαν | acc sg fem).

But we are convinced of better things in your case, beloved — things that accompany salvation (sōtērias | σωτηρίας | gen sg fem) — even though we speak as we do.

And once made perfect, he became for all those who obey him the source of eternal salvation (sōtērias | σωτηρίας | gen sg fem),

For it was appropriate that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the champion of their salvation (sōtērias | σωτηρίας | gen sg fem) perfect through suffering.