2 Peter 3:14 - The Message So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, do your very best to be found living at your best, in purity and peace. Interpret our Master’s patient restraint for what it is: salvation. Our good brother Paul, who was given much wisdom in these matters, refers to this in all his letters, and has written you essentially the same thing. Some things Paul writes are difficult to understand. Irresponsible people who don’t know what they are talking about twist them every which way. They do it to the rest of the Scriptures, too, destroying themselves as they do it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So, beloved, since you are expecting these things, be eager to be found by Him [at His coming] without spot or blemish and at peace [in serene confidence, free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight. Common English Bible Therefore, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found by him in peace—pure and faultless. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, most beloved, while awaiting these things, be diligent, so that you may be found to be immaculate and unassailable before him, in peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace. |