D. The Life for God’s Glory (4:7–11) 7 As is common in the NT, the end or final salvation is set before Christians to stimulate their faith and to encourage them in difficulty. Most translations (including NIV) miss the connective de that joins this unit to the previous one, with its statement of God’s readiness to judge. It should be translated as “now” or “but.” “Is near” is in the Greek a perfect tense, which has the sense “has drawn near.” All is in readiness. “Therefore” (oun) introduces the