2 Peter 1:5
1:5 For this very reason,
make every effort
to add to your faith excellence,
to excellence, knowledge;
2 Peter 1:8
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 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 1:14
1:14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed,
because
our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.
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,
2 Peter 2:13-14
2:13 suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways.
By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight,
they are stains and blemishes, indulging
in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.
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 2:22
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 3:8
3:8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.