2 Peter 3:14

New English Translation

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.

Cross References

Matthew 24:26

So then, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

Matthew 25:7

Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

Luke 12:43

Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.

Luke 2:29

“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Philippians 1:10

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 6:14

to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

Hebrews 9:28

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Peter 1:7

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away – and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

2 Peter 3:1

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

2 Peter 3:16

speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).