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2 Peter 1:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You are holding firmly to the truth that you were given. But I am still going to remind you of these things.

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The churches became stronger in their faith, and each day more people put their faith in the Lord.

Finally, my dear friends, be glad that you belong to the Lord. It doesn't bother me to write the same things to you that I have written before. In fact, it is for your own good.

because what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You first heard about this hope when you believed the true message, which is the good news.

Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful.

If you teach these things to other followers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus. You will show that you have grown up on the teachings about our faith and on the good instructions you have obeyed.

So I ask you to make full use of the gift that God gave you when I placed my hands on you. Use it well.

Don't forget all the hard times you went through when you first received the light.

Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's undeserved kindness than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them.

But God shows undeserved kindness to everyone. That's why he appointed Christ Jesus to choose you to share in his eternal glory. You will suffer for a while, but God will make you complete, steady, strong, and firm.

Silvanus helped me write this short letter, and I consider him a faithful follower of the Lord. I wanted to encourage you and tell you how kind God really is, so that you will keep on having faith in him.

In fact, I think I should keep on reminding you until I leave this body.

That is why I am doing my best to make sure that each of you remembers all this after I am gone.

My dear friends, this is the second letter I have written to encourage you to do some honest thinking. I don't want you to forget

My dear friends, you have been warned beforehand! So don't let the errors of evil people lead you down the wrong path and make you lose your balance.

I did not need to write to you about the truth, since you already know it. You also know that liars do not belong to the truth.

We love you because the truth is now in our hearts, and it will be there for ever.

My dear friends, remember the warning you were given by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

My dear friends, I really wanted to write to you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people.

Don't forget what happened to those people that the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them.




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