2 Peter 3:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 And consider that the long-suffering of our Lord [[a]His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world] is salvation ([b]that which is conducive to the soul’s safety), even as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the spiritual insight given him,
16 Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own [c]utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.
17 Let me warn you therefore, beloved, that knowing these things beforehand, you should be on your guard, lest you be carried away by the error of lawless and wicked [persons and] fall from your own [present] firm condition [your own steadfastness of mind].
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- 2 Peter 3:15 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 2 Peter 3:15 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 2 Peter 3:16 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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