He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
2 Peter 3:1 - English Standard Version 2016 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 更多版本King 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 does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part 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,
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.