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The Lord has made everything for his own purposes,
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.

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The Lord works out everything to its proper end(A)
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.(B)

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22 In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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And,

“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
    the rock that makes them fall.”[a]

They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 Isa 8:14.

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

21 I have made Israel for myself,
    and they will someday honor me before the whole world.

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21     the people I formed(A) for myself(B)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(C)

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Bring all who claim me as their God,
    for I have made them for my glory.
    It was I who created them.’”

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everyone who is called by my name,(A)
    whom I created(B) for my glory,(C)
    whom I formed and made.(D)

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So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

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if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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36 For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.

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36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(A)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.(B)

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30 Evil people are spared in times of calamity
    and are allowed to escape disaster.

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30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(A)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God,
    to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things,
    and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,(A)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”(B)

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