2 Peter 3:14

New International Reader's Version

Dear friends, I know you are looking forward to this. So try your best to be found pure and without blame. Be at peace with God.

Cross References

Matthew 24:26

“So if anyone tells you, ‘He is a long way out in the desert,’ do not go out there. Or if anyone says, ‘He is deep inside the house,’ do not believe it.

Matthew 25:7

“Then all the bridesmaids woke up and got their lamps ready.

Luke 12:43

It will be good for the servant if the master finds him doing his job when the master returns.

Luke 2:29

“Lord, you are the King over all. Now let me, your servant, go in peace. That is what you promised.

1 Corinthians 1:8

God will also keep you strong in faith to the very end. Then you will be without blame on the day our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

1 Corinthians 15:58

My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.

Philippians 1:10

Then you will be able to know what is best. Then you will be pure and without blame for the day that Christ returns.

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be pure and without blame. You will be children of God without fault among sinful and evil people. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.

Philippians 3:20

But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May the Lord give you strength in your hearts. Then you will be holy and without blame in the sight of our God and Father. May that be true when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

God is the God who gives peace. May he make you holy through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept free from blame. May you be without blame from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Timothy 6:14

Obey it until our Lord Jesus Christ appears. Obey it completely. Then no one can find fault with it or you.

Hebrews 9:28

In the same way, Christ was offered up once. He took away the sins of many people. He will also come a second time. At that time he will not suffer for sin. Instead, he will come to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

James 1:27

Here are the beliefs and way of life that God our Father accepts as pure and without fault. When widows are in trouble, take care of them. Do the same for children who have no parents. And don’t let the world make you impure.

1 Peter 1:7

Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.

2 Peter 3:1

Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders. I want to encourage you to think in a way that is pure.

2 Peter 3:16

Paul writes the same way in all his letters. He speaks about what I have just told you. His letters include some things that are hard to understand. People who don’t know better and aren’t firm in the faith twist what he says. They twist the other Scriptures too. So they will be destroyed.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure. All who hope to be like him make themselves pure.