1 John 3:3
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3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.(A)
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1 John 2:6
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6 whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(A)
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2 Peter 3:14
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Final Exhortation and Doxology
14 Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish,(A)
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
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Hebrews 12:14
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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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Hebrews 7:26
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26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.(A)
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Colossians 1:5
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5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel(A)
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Acts 15:9
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9 and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.(A)
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Romans 5:4-5
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4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.(A)
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Luke 6:36
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36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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2 Peter 1:4
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4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.(A)
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Hebrews 6:18
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18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.(A)
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Titus 3:7
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7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(A)
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Romans 15:12
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12 and again Isaiah says,
“The root of Jesse shall come,
the one who rises to rule the gentiles;
in him the gentiles shall hope.”(A)
1 John 4:17
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17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
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