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By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
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The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
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I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,
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For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased!”
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We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
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and if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;
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(for as that righteous man lived among them day by day, his righteous soul was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
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then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
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They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions while they feast with you.
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For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.
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The Day of the Lord
Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere understanding by way of reminder,
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Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires,
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saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”
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By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
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The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
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But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.
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Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness
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as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.
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Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.
