2 Peter 1:10
1:10 Therefore, brothers and sisters,
make every effort to be sure of your calling and election.
For by doing this
you will never
stumble into sin.
2 Peter 1:5
1:5 For this very reason,
make every effort
to add to your faith excellence,
to excellence, knowledge;
2 Peter 1:15
1:15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.
2 Peter 2:6
2:6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction,
having appointed
them to serve as an example
to future generations of the ungodly,
2 Peter 1:8
1:8 For if
these things are really yours
and are continually increasing,
they will keep you from becoming
ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of
knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
2 Peter 2:3
2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their
condemnation pronounced long ago
is not sitting idly by;
their
destruction is not asleep.
2 Peter 3:14
Exhortation to the Faithful
3:14 Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.
2 Peter 2:11
2:11 yet even
angels, who are much more powerful,
do not bring a slanderous
judgment against them before the Lord.
2 Peter 3:3
3:3 Above all, understand this:
In the last days blatant scoffers
will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
2 Peter 2:14
2:14 Their eyes,
full of adultery,
never stop sinning;
they entice
unstable people.
They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
2 Peter 2:18-19
2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words
they are able to entice,
with fleshly desires and with debauchery,
people
who have just escaped
from those who reside in error.
2:19 Although these false teachers promise
such people
freedom, they themselves are enslaved to
immorality.
For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
2 Peter 2:22
2:22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:
“
A dog returns to its own vomit,”
and “A sow, after washing herself,
wallows in the mire.”
2 Peter 3:4
3:4 and saying,
“Where is his promised return?
For ever since
our ancestors
died,
all things have continued as they were
from the beginning of creation.”
2 Peter 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
2 Peter 1:16
1:16 For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.
2 Peter 2:10
2:10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desires
and who despise authority.
Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,