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2 Peter 3:1

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Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

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The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others,

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation.

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.




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