Let your reasonableness[a] be known to everyone. (A)The Lord is at hand;

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  1. Philippians 4:5 Or gentleness

You also, be patient. (A)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (B)is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (C)so that you may not be judged; behold, (D)the Judge is standing (E)at the door.

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Do Not Be Anxious

25 (A)“Therefore I tell you, (B)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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(A)to speak evil of no one, (B)to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and (C)to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

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37 For,

(A)“Yet a little while,
    and (B)the coming one will come and will not delay;

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(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.

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To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. (A)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?

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25 (A)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and (B)all the more as you see (C)the Day drawing near.

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Do Not Be Anxious

22 And he said to his disciples, (A)“Therefore I tell you, (B)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 (C)Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. (D)Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (E)span of life?[a] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[b] yet I tell you, (F)even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, (G)O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor (H)be worried. 30 For (I)all the nations of the world seek after these things, and (J)your Father knows that you need them.

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  1. Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Luke 12:27 Some manuscripts Consider the lilies; they neither spin nor weave

29 (A)To one who (B)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic[a] either. 30 (C)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And (D)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

32 (E)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And (F)if you (G)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But (H)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and (I)you will be sons of (J)the Most High, for (K)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

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  1. Luke 6:29 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

“And behold, (A)I am coming soon. (B)Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

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Keep your life (A)free from love of money, and (B)be content with what you have, for he has said, (C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,

(D)“The Lord is my helper;
    (E)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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13 Therefore, (A)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

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34 (A)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely (A)I am coming soon.” Amen. (B)Come, Lord Jesus!

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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (A)a thousand years as one day. (B)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise (C)as some count slowness, but (D)is patient toward you,[a] (E)not wishing that any should perish, but (F)that all should reach repentance. 10 But (G)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then (H)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and (I)the heavenly bodies[b] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[c]

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (J)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (K)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (L)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for (M)new heavens and a new earth (N)in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

14 (O)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (P)without spot or (Q)blemish, and (R)at peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
  3. 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

11 inquiring (A)what person or time[a] (B)the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating (C)when he predicted (D)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:11 Or what time or circumstances

25 Every (A)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we (B)an imperishable.

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48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master (A)is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants[a] and eats and drinks with (B)drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come (C)on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know

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  1. Matthew 24:49 Or bondservants

39 But I say to you, (A)Do not resist the one who is evil. But (B)if anyone (C)slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And (D)if anyone would sue you and take your tunic,[a] let him have your cloak as well. 41 And if anyone (E)forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 (F)Give to the one who begs from you, and (G)do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

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  1. Matthew 5:40 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

not to be quickly shaken in mind or (A)alarmed, either (B)by a spirit or a (C)spoken word, or (D)a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that (E)the day of the Lord has come.

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For you yourselves are fully aware that (A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (B)sudden destruction will come upon them (C)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you (D)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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29 This is what I mean, brothers: (A)the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy (B)as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For (C)the present form of this world is passing away.

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