2 Peter 1 - 3
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Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a a faith of equal standing with ours b by the righteousness of our c God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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d May grace and peace be multiplied to you e in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him f who called us to his own glory and excellence,
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by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become g partakers of the divine nature, h having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith i with virtue, and virtue j with knowledge,
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and knowledge with self-control, and self-control k with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
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and godliness l with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection m with love.
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For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or n unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he o is blind, having forgotten that he was p cleansed from his former sins.
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Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and q election sure, for if you practice these qualities r you will never fall.
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For in this way there will be richly provided for you s an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Therefore I intend t always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in u the truth that you have.
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I think it right, as long as I am in this v body, w to stir you up by way of reminder,
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x since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, y as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
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And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
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For we did not follow z cleverly devised a myths when we made known to you b the power and c coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but d we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, e "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,"
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we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on f the holy mountain.
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And g we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention h as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until i the day j dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
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knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.
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For k no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God l as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 2
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But m false prophets also arose among the people, n just as there will be false teachers among you, who will o secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master p who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth q will be blasphemed.
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And r in their greed they will exploit you s with false words. t Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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For if God did not spare u angels when they sinned, but v cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness w to be kept until the judgment;
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if he did not spare the ancient world, but x preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought y a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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if by z turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, a making them an example of b what is going to happen to the ungodly;
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and c if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
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(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, d he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
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then e the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
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and especially f those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and g despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble g as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
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h whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.
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i But these, like irrational animals, j creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,
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suffering wrong as k the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure l to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while m they feast with you.
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They have eyes full of adultery, n insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts o trained in greed. p Accursed children!
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Forsaking the right way, q they have gone astray. They have followed r the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved s gain from wrongdoing,
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but was rebuked for his own transgression; t a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
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u These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. v For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.
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For, w speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely x escaping from those who live in error.
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They promise them y freedom, z but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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For if, a after they have escaped the defilements of the world b through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, c the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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For d it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from e the holy commandment delivered to them.
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What the true proverb says has happened to them: "The f dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire."
2 Peter 3
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This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them g I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
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h that you should remember the predictions of i the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
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knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come j in the last days with scoffing, k following their own sinful desires.
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l They will say, "Where is the promise of m his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."
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For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth n was formed out of water and through water o by the word of God,
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and that by means of these the world that then existed p was deluged with water and q perished.
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But by the same word r the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and s destruction of the ungodly.
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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and t a thousand years as one day.
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u The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise v as some count slowness, but w is patient toward you, x not wishing that any should perish, but y that all should reach repentance.
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But z the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then a the heavens will pass away with a roar, and b the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
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Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, c what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
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d waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and e the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
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But according to his promise we are waiting for f new heavens and a new earth g in which righteousness dwells.
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h Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him i without spot or j blemish, and k at peace.
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And count l the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as m our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you n according to the wisdom given him,
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as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. o There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, p as they do the other Scriptures.
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You therefore, beloved, q knowing this beforehand, r take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
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But s grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. t To him be the glory both now and to the day of u eternity. Amen.
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Romans 1:12
That is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
2 Corinthians 4:13
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak.
Titus 1:4
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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Romans 3:21 - 26
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it -
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Titus 2:13
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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1 Peter 1:2
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Jude 1:2
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
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2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.
2 Peter 1:8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Philippians 3:8
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
2 Thessalonians 2:14
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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Ephesians 4:24
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
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2 Peter 2:18
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
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1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
James 1:3
For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
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Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
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1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Titus 3:14
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
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Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
Zephaniah 1:17
I will bring distress on mankind, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord ; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
1 John 2:9 - 11
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
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Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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1 Thessalonians 1:4
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you.
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2 Peter 3:17
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.
1 John 2:10
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
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Colossians 1:13
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Jude 1:5
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.
Romans 15:14 - 15
I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
1 John 2:21
I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
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2 John 1:2
Because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened - not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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2 Peter 3:1
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.
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Deuteronomy 4:21 - 22
Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 31:14
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
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John 21:18 - 19
Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.
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1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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Matthew 17:1 - 2
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.
Mark 9:2
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them.
Luke 9:28 - 29
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.
Mark 9:7
And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him.
Luke 9:35
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!
Matthew 3:17
And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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Exodus 3:5
Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.
Joshua 5:15
And the commander of the Lord 's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
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1 Peter 1:10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully.
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Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Revelation 2:28
And I will give him the morning star.
Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
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1 Peter 1:11
Inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
Luke 1:70
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
Acts 1:16
Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Acts 3:18
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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Deuteronomy 13:1
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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Acts 20:30
And from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
Matthew 24:11
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
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Jude 1:4
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Matthew 10:33
But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Galatians 2:4
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in - who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery -
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1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So glorify Go...
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price; do not become sla...
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by...
Galatians 4:5
To redeem those who were under the law, so that...
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are y...
Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the...
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ...
Revelation 14:3 - 4
And they were singing a new song before the thr...
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Romans 2:24
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
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2 Corinthians 12:17 - 18
Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?
1 Timothy 6:5
And constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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Romans 16:18
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Colossians 2:4
I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
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Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day -
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Revelation 20:2 - 3
And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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Matthew 25:41
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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1 Peter 3:20
Because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
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2 Peter 3:6
And that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
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Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
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Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.
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Jude 1:15
To execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
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Genesis 19:16
But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
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Psalms 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
Psalms 119:158
I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.
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1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
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Jude 1:16
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
Jude 1:18
They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.
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Jude 1:8
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.
Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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Jude 1:8
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.
Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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Jude 1:9
But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you.
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Jude 1:10
But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
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Jeremiah 12:3
But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
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2 Peter 2:15
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing.
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Romans 13:13
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
James 5:5
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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1 Corinthians 11:21
For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
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1 Peter 4:1
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
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2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
1 Timothy 4:7
Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.
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Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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Ezekiel 14:11
That the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.
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Numbers 22:5
Sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pe...
Numbers 22:7
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian ...
Deuteronomy 23:4
Because they did not meet you with bread and wi...
Nehemiah 13:2
For they did not meet the people of Israel with...
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain...
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have s...
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2 Peter 2:13
Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
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Numbers 22:21
So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
Numbers 22:28
Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
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Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
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Jude 1:13
Wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
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Jude 1:16
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
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2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Peter 1:4
By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
James 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
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John 8:34
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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2 Peter 2:18
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
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2 Peter 1:2
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.
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Ezekiel 18:24
But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Luke 12:47
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
Hebrews 6:4 - 6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 10:26 - 27
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
James 4:17
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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Romans 7:12
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
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Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
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2 Peter 1:13
I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder.
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Jude 1:17
But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Luke 1:70
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
Acts 3:21
Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
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Jude 1:18
They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.
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2 Peter 2:10
And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones.
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Isaiah 5:19
Who say: "Let him be quick, let him speed his w...
Jeremiah 17:15
Behold, they say to me, "Where is the word of t...
Ezekiel 11:3
Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses....
Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have ...
Ezekiel 12:27
"Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israe...
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But ...
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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Psalms 24:2
For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Psalms 136:6
To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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Genesis 1:6
And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
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2 Peter 2:5
If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
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Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:21
And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
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2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
2 Peter 3:12
Waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
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Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
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Habakkuk 2:3
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
Hebrews 10:37
For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
Revelation 2:21
I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
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Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
Luke 18:7
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
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Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God ; so turn, and live.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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1 Timothy 2:4
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
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Revelation 6:14
The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
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Isaiah 34:4
All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
Isaiah 24:19
The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.
Micah 1:4
And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
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1 Peter 1:15
But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.
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Luke 12:36
And be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
1 Corinthians 1:7
So that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Titus 2:13
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
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Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain.
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
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Isaiah 60:21
Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
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James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 1:10
So that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
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Acts 15:25
It has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
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1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
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Hebrews 5:11
About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
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Isaiah 28:13
And the word of the Lord will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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2 Peter 1:12
Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.
Mark 13:23
But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.
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2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
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2 Peter 1:5
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge.
Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
Colossians 1:10
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 2:19
And not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation -
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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2 Peter 3:8
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.
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