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2 Peter 3:17

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Dear friends, you already know about this. So be careful. Don’t let those evil people lead you away by the wrong things they do. Be careful so that you will not fall from your strong \{faith\}.

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We all share together with Christ. This is true if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning.


Be sure that no person leads you away with false ideas and words that mean nothing. Those ideas come from people, not Christ. Those ideas are the worthless ideas of people in the world.


Then we will not still be babies. We will not be people who change like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced (changed) by every new teaching we hear from people who try to fool us. Those people make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong way.


So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.


So the person that thinks he is standing strong should be careful that he doesn’t fall.


“Be careful of false prophets. {\cf2\super [84]} They come to you and look \{gentle\} like sheep. But they are really dangerous \{like\} wolves.


People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.


People spread out nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set the trap while the birds are watching.


You have known the Holy Scriptures {\cf2\super [19]} since you were a child. Those Scriptures are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.


But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ. This might happen the same as Eve was tricked (fooled) by the snake (the devil) with his evil ways.


Jesus said to the followers, “Be careful! Guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [219]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [220]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [221]} ”


\{The believers continued to meet together.\} They used their time to learn the teaching of the apostles. {\cf2\super [45]} The believers shared with each other. They ate {\cf2\super [46]} together and prayed together.


So I was not talking to you about bread. Why don’t you understand that? I am telling you to be careful and guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [222]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [223]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [224]} ”


So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do the things you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you. I will take away your lampstand from its place.


Refuse to follow the devil. Stand strong in your faith. You know that your brothers and sisters all over the world are having the same sufferings that you have.


I am not there with you, but my heart is with you. I am happy to see your good lives and your strong faith in Christ.


Be careful of those people who do evil. They are like dogs. They demand to cut {\cf2\super [15]} the body.


I have told you these things now. So when the time comes for these things to happen, you will remember that I warned you.


If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace (kindness).


But God saved Lot \{from those cities\}. Lot was a very good man. He was troubled because of the morally bad lives of evil people.


My friends, this is the second letter I have written to you. I wrote both letters to you to help your honest minds remember something.





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