13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an (A)infant.

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13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,(A) is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

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14 But solid food is for (A)the mature, who because of practice have their senses (B)trained to (C)distinguish between good and evil.

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14 But solid food is for the mature,(A) who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.(B)

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30 But if God so clothes the (A)grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? (B)You of little faith!

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30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?(A)

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19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now (A)as good as dead since (B)he was about a hundred years old, and (C)the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

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19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C)

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20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, (A)giving glory to God,

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20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(A) in his faith and gave glory to God,(B)

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Growth in Christian Virtue

[a]Simon Peter, a (A)bond-servant and (B)apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received (C)a faith of the same [b]kind as ours, [c]by (D)the righteousness of (E)our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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  1. 2 Peter 1:1 One early ms Simeon
  2. 2 Peter 1:1 Or value
  3. 2 Peter 1:1 Or in

Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)

To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:

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16 [a]in addition to all, taking up the (A)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the (B)flaming arrows of (C)the evil one.

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  1. Ephesians 6:16 Lit in all

16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,(A) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.(B)

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For [a]whoever has been (A)born of God (B)overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

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  1. 1 John 5:4 Lit everything that

for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who (A)believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(A)

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11 And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence [a]so as to realize the (A)full assurance of (B)hope until the end,

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  1. Hebrews 6:11 Lit to the full

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope(A) for may be fully realized.

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12 so that you will not be sluggish, but (A)imitators of those who through (B)faith and endurance (C)inherit the promises.

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12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)

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that their (A)hearts may be encouraged, having been (B)knit together in love, and that they would attain to all (C)the wealth [a]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a (D)true knowledge of (E)God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

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  1. Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(A) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(B) of God, namely, Christ,

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looking only at Jesus, the [a](A)originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him (B)endured the cross, (C)despising the shame, and has (D)sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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  1. Hebrews 12:2 Or leader

fixing our eyes on Jesus,(A) the pioneer(B) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(C) scorning its shame,(D) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(E)

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