2 Peter 3:14-16
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Final Words
14 (A)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (B)without spot or (C)blemish, and (D)at peace. 15 And count (E)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as (F)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you (G)according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. (H)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, (I)as they do the other Scriptures.
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2 Peter 3:14-16
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Final Exhortations and Conclusion
14 Therefore, dear friends, because you[a] are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him. 15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him, 16 as he does also in all his[b][c] letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they also do the rest of the scriptures.
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- 2 Peter 3:14 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are waiting for”) which is understood as causal
- 2 Peter 3:16 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- 2 Peter 3:16 Some manuscripts do not explicitly state “his”
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