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

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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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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.

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

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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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