He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
2 Peter 3:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BELOVED, I am now writing you this second letter. In [both of] them I have stirred up your unsullied (sincere) mind by way of remembrance, American Standard Version (1901) This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; Common English Bible My dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both letters to stir up your sincere understanding with a reminder. Catholic Public Domain Version Consider, most beloved, this second epistle which I am writing to you, in which I stir up, by admonition, your sincere mind, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind: |
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in shalom, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.