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10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.

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Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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13 May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.

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Paul’s Final Greetings

23 Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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Discerning False Prophets

Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.

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10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.

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18 You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law.

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21 but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.

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And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

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He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

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For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

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14 “So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone.

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12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.[a] You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:12 Or about the oracles of God.

27 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.

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Paul’s Change of Plans

12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness[a] and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 Some manuscripts read honesty.

16 Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.

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23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

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“I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.

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16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News.

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24 May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.

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15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

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13 These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

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I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.

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Paul’s Hardships

We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.

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17 You see, we are not like the many hucksters[a] who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Some manuscripts read the rest of the hucksters.

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