He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
2 Peter 3:1 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: Dugang nga mga bersyonAmplified Bible - Classic Edition BELOVED, I am now writing you this second letter. In [both of] them I have stirred up your unsullied (sincere) mind by way of remembrance, American Standard Version (1901) This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; Common English Bible My dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both letters to stir up your sincere understanding with a reminder. Catholic Public Domain Version Consider, most beloved, this second epistle which I am writing to you, in which I stir up, by admonition, your sincere mind, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind: English Standard Version 2016 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, |
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.