These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Simon , a bondservant and Apostle of the : To those to whom there has been allotted the same precious as that which is ours through the of our and of our Saviour the .
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Titus 2:13 Romans 3:21-26 John 12:26 Romans 1:12 Romans 1:1 Titus 1:4 2 Corinthians 4:13 1 Peter 1:1 Luke 1:47 Acts 15:8-9 2 Timothy 1:5 Luke 11:49 John 1:42 Isaiah 12:2 1 Corinthians 1:30 Ephesians 4:11 Jeremiah 33:16 1 Peter 5:1 Matthew 10:2 Luke 22:31-34 Ephesians 4:5 Titus 1:1 1 Corinthians 15:9 John 20:21 2 Peter 1:4 1 Corinthians 9:1 Matthew 4:18 1 Peter 1:7 Philippians 3:9 Ephesians 3:5 Romans 1:17 John 21:15-17 Acts 15:14 Philippians 1:29 2 Corinthians 5:21 Galatians 2:8 1 Peter 2:7 - 2 May more and more and be granted to you in a full knowledge of and of our Lord,
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seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are needful for life and Elohimliness, through our knowledge of Him who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections.
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1 Peter 5:10 1 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Peter 2:21 Romans 8:28-30 2 Thessalonians 2:14 2 Timothy 1:9 Ephesians 1:19-21 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 2 Peter 1:2 2 Corinthians 12:9 Ephesians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 4:7 Psalm 84:11 John 17:2-3 Colossians 1:16 1 Peter 2:9 Romans 8:32 Philippians 4:8 1 Peter 1:15 Matthew 28:18 1 Corinthians 1:9 1 Peter 3:9 Romans 9:24 Ephesians 4:4 1 Timothy 4:8 Hebrews 1:3 1 Peter 1:5 Ruth 3:11 2 Peter 1:5 -
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It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may, one and all, become sharers in the very nature of , having completely escaped the corruption which exists in the world through earthly cravings.
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But for this very reason—adding, on your part, all earnestness—along with your , manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge;
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2 Peter 1:10 2 Peter 1:2-3 2 Peter 3:18 Philippians 4:8 Philippians 1:9 Proverbs 4:23 Philippians 2:12 Hebrews 11:6 2 Peter 3:14 Ephesians 5:17 Hebrews 6:11 Ephesians 1:17-18 Isaiah 55:2 Colossians 2:3 Psalm 119:4 John 6:27 Luke 24:21 Zechariah 6:15 Colossians 1:9 1 Corinthians 14:20 Luke 16:26 Hebrews 12:15 1 Peter 3:7 -
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along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
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2 Peter 1:3 Hebrews 10:36 Romans 5:3-4 Luke 21:19 Hebrews 12:1 Acts 24:25 James 1:3-4 Revelation 14:12 1 Corinthians 9:25 Revelation 2:2 James 5:7-10 Romans 15:4 Titus 1:8 Hebrews 6:15 1 Timothy 3:16 Galatians 5:23 Hebrews 6:12 Romans 8:25 Revelation 1:9 1 Timothy 2:2 Isaiah 57:1 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 6:6 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Titus 1:1 1 Timothy 6:11 Revelation 13:10 Romans 2:7 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Timothy 4:7-8 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Titus 2:2 Psalm 37:7 Luke 8:15 2 Peter 3:11 Colossians 1:11 2 Timothy 3:5 1 Timothy 6:3 2 Corinthians 6:4 - 7 along with power of endurance, Elohimliness; along with Elohimliness, brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, .
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If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord the .
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John 15:2 Colossians 3:16 Titus 3:14 Hebrews 6:12 2 Peter 1:2 2 Corinthians 9:14 Philippians 1:9 1 Corinthians 15:58 Matthew 13:22 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Colossians 2:7 Matthew 20:3 1 Thessalonians 4:1 John 5:42 Matthew 20:6 2 Corinthians 13:5 Romans 12:11 Philemon 1:6 1 Timothy 5:13 Philippians 2:5 2 Corinthians 5:13-17 Matthew 25:26 1 Thessalonians 3:12 2 Corinthians 8:2 2 Corinthians 8:7 Proverbs 19:15 John 15:6-8 - 9 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.
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For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.
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2 Peter 3:17 Hebrews 6:11 1 John 3:19-21 Matthew 7:24-25 2 Peter 1:5 2 Timothy 2:19 1 Peter 1:5 Micah 7:8 Romans 8:28-31 Acts 20:24-25 Hebrews 6:19 Isaiah 56:2 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 Psalm 37:24 Revelation 3:10-11 Psalm 15:5 Psalm 121:3 Revelation 22:14 Psalm 112:6 1 Peter 1:2 Psalm 62:2 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4 Psalm 62:6 Luke 6:47-49 - 11 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour the will be freely granted to you.
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But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
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For I that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord the has revealed to me.
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For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our Lord the , we were not eagerly following cleverly devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty.
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John 1:14 1 John 4:14 1 Corinthians 1:17 1 Timothy 1:4 1 Corinthians 2:4 1 John 1:1-3 Malachi 3:2 Revelation 1:7 Ephesians 4:14 Luke 9:28-32 Mark 9:1-2 Matthew 16:28 2 Peter 3:3-4 Romans 1:4 Titus 1:14 Philippians 3:21 Matthew 24:27 Matthew 24:3 2 Corinthians 2:17 Jude 1:14 Matthew 28:18 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Corinthians 5:4 John 17:2 2 Corinthians 4:2 2 Corinthians 12:16-17 1 Timothy 4:7 1 Corinthians 2:1 1 Corinthians 1:7 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Malachi 4:5 2 Thessalonians 2:9 -
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He received and from the Father, and out of the wondrous words such as these were spoken to Him, “This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight.”
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And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we were with Him on the mountain.
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And in the written of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention—as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place—until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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Revelation 22:16 Psalm 119:105 Isaiah 9:2 Revelation 2:28 John 5:35 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 Acts 15:29 3 John 1:6 Luke 1:78-79 John 1:7-9 Isaiah 41:26 Isaiah 60:1-2 Acts 17:11 Luke 16:29-31 Proverbs 6:23 Matthew 4:16 Psalm 19:7-9 Isaiah 41:21-23 James 2:8 1 Peter 1:10 1 John 5:10 Ephesians 5:7-8 John 8:12 Isaiah 8:20 John 5:39 -
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But, above all, that no prophecy in Scripture will be found to have come from the prophet’s own prompting;
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for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent by spoke as they were impelled by the Holy .
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Luke 1:70 1 Peter 1:11 Acts 1:16 2 Timothy 3:15-17 2 Samuel 23:2 Acts 3:18 Hebrews 9:8 Hebrews 10:15 2 Chronicles 8:14 Acts 28:25 1 Kings 13:1 Hebrews 3:7 Joshua 14:6 1 Kings 17:18 Mark 12:36 Revelation 19:10 2 Kings 6:10 1 Chronicles 23:14 Micah 3:7 2 Kings 6:15 2 Kings 4:9 1 Kings 17:24 Deuteronomy 33:1 Numbers 16:28