32 But (A)I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, (B)strengthen your brethren.”

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Jesus Restores Peter

15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [b]love You.”

He said to him, (A)“Feed My lambs.”

16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [c]Jonah, do you love Me?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [d]love You.”

(B)He said to him, “Tend My (C)sheep.”

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [e]Jonah, do you [f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”

And he said to Him, “Lord, (D)You know all things; You know that I love You.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

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  1. John 21:15 NU John
  2. John 21:15 have affection for
  3. John 21:16 NU John
  4. John 21:16 have affection for
  5. John 21:17 NU John
  6. John 21:17 have affection for

Be [a]sober, be [b]vigilant; [c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But [d]may the God of all grace, (A)who called [e]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [f]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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  1. 1 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
  2. 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
  3. 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because
  4. 1 Peter 5:10 NU the God of all grace,
  5. 1 Peter 5:10 NU, M you
  6. 1 Peter 5:10 NU will perfect

34 (A)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, (B)who is even at the right hand of God, (C)who also makes intercession for us.

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“I pray for them. (A)I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and (B)Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 (C)Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, (D)keep[a] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one (E)as We are.

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  1. John 17:11 NU, M keep them through Your name which You have given Me

Be Steadfast

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent (A)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

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(A)who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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who (A)comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any [a]trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as (B)the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our [b]consolation also abounds through Christ. Now if we are afflicted, (C)it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4 tribulation
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:5 comfort

The Test of Knowing Christ

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, (A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And (B)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the whole world.

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17 You therefore, beloved, (A)since you know this beforehand, (B)beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 (C)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

(D)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

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Living Before God Our Father

13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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15 looking carefully lest anyone (A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

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Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(A)

12 Therefore (B)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

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25 Therefore He is also (A)able to save [a]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives (B)to make intercession for them.

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  1. Hebrews 7:25 completely or forever

19 (A)Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

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61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then (A)Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, (B)“Before the rooster [a]crows, you will deny Me three times.” 62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

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  1. Luke 22:61 NU adds today

13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of [a]temptation fall away.

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  1. Luke 8:13 testing

and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, (A)unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

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12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your (A)generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent (A)to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Peter’s Approaching Death

12 For this reason (B)I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, (C)though you know and are established in the present truth.

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When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
(B)I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

(C)For this cause everyone who is godly shall (D)pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.

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15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but (A)that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (B)Sanctify[a] them by Your truth. (C)Your word is truth. 18 (D)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And (E)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [b]will believe in Me through their word; 21 (F)that they all may be one, as (G)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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  1. John 17:17 Set them apart
  2. John 17:20 NU, M omit will

And the Lord said to Satan, (A)“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who (B)has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! (C)Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

Now Joshua was clothed with (D)filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, (E)and I will clothe you with rich robes.”

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Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To the [a]pilgrims (A)of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:1 sojourners, temporary residents

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