Luke 22:32
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32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail, and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(A)
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus and Peter
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”(A) 16 A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.”(B) 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.(C)
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1 Peter 5:8-10
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8 Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A) 9 Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.(B) 10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,[a] will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.(C)
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- 5.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Romans 8:34
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34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ[a] who died, or rather, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.(A)
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- 8.34 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
John 17:9-11
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9 I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours.(A) 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them.(B) 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.(C)
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2 Corinthians 1:4-6
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4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.(A) 6 If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering.
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Hebrews 7:25
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25 Consequently, he is able for all time to save[a] those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.(A)
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- 7.25 Or able to save completely
1 John 2:1-2
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Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,(A) 2 and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.(B)
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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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1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(B)
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Luke 8:13
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13 The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away.
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2 Peter 3:17-18
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17 You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability.(A) 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.[a]
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- 3.18 Other ancient authorities lack Amen
Acts 3:19
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19 Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,
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Luke 22:61-62
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61 The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.”(A) 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
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2 Peter 1:10-12
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10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. 11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
12 Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, though you know them already and are established in the truth that has come to you.(A)
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1 Peter 1:13
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A Call to Holy Living
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action;[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.(A)
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- 1.13 Gk gird up the loins of your mind
Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)
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John 17:15-21
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15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.[a](A) 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.(B) 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
20 “I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[b] so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(C)
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Matthew 18:3
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3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(A)
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Psalm 51:12-13
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13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.(B)
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Psalm 32:3-6
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3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.(A)
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(B)
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah(C)
6 Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,[b] the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.(D)
1 Timothy 1:13-16
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13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(A) 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me[a] with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.(B) 15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.(C) 16 But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience as an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.
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- 1.14 Gk lacks for me
1 John 2:19
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19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained[a] with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.(A)
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- 2.19 Or abided
John 14:19
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19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
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