Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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But before we do
that, let's pray together.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
You again for waking us up this
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morning; for Your
mercies that are new every day.
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Thank You that as we go through
today, we're not going to walk
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through it alone.
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We're not going to walk
through it stumbling and afraid,
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but we have You to come
to, and we have Your word
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to guide us.
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Please be with us now as
we read, and open our minds to
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receive the truth that
You have for each of us.
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We love You so much
and, thank You for loving us.
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Amen.
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Again, I'm reading today from
the book of 1 Peter, chapter 2,
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beginning with verse 21, and
this is the King James Version.
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For even hereunto were ye
called: because Christ also
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suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow
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his steps: who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his
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mouth: who, when he was
reviled, reviled not again;
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when he suffered, he threatened
not; but committed himself to
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him that judgeth righteously:
who his own self bare our sins
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in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins,
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should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed.
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For ye were as sheep going
astray; but are now returned
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unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
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Continuing in 1
Peter, chapter 3.
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Likewise, ye wives, be
in subjection to your own
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husbands; that, if any obey not
the word, they also may without
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the word be won by the
conversation of the wives;
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while they behold your chaste
conversation coupled with fear.
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Whose adorning let it not
be that outward adorning of
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plaiting the hair, and of
wearing of gold, or of putting
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on of apparel; but let it
be the hidden man of the heart,
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in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament
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of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God
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of great price.
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For after this manner in the
old time the holy women also,
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who trusted in God, adorned
themselves, being in subjection
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unto their own husbands:
even as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
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calling him lord:
whose daughters ye are,
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as long as ye do well, and are
not afraid with any amazement.
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Likewise, ye husbands,
dwell with them according to
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knowledge, giving honor unto the
wife, as unto the weaker vessel,
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and as being heirs
together of the grace of life;
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that your
prayers be not hindered.
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Finally, be ye all of one
mind, having compassion one of
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another, love as brethren,
be pitiful, be courteous:
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not rendering evil for
evil, or railing for railing:
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but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto
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called, that ye
should inherit a blessing.
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For he that will love
life, and see good days,
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let him refrain his tongue from
evil, and his lips that they
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speak no guile: let him eschew
evil, and do good; let him seek
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peace, and ensue it.
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For the eyes of the Lord are
over the righteous, and his ears
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are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is
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against them that do evil.
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And who is he that will harm
you, if ye be followers of that
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which is good?
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But and if ye suffer
for righteousness' sake,
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happy are ye: and be not afraid
of their terror, neither be
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troubled; but sanctify
the Lord God in your hearts:
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and be ready always to give an
answer to every man that asketh
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you a reason of the hope that is
in you, with meekness and fear:
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having a good conscience; that,
whereas they speak evil of you,
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as of evildoers, they may be
ashamed that falsely accuse your
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good conversation in Christ.
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For it is better, if the will
of God be so, that ye suffer for
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well-doing, than for evildoing.
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For Christ also hath
once suffered for sins,
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the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God,
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being put to death in the flesh,
but quickened by the Spirit:
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By which also he went and
preached unto the spirits in
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prison; which sometime
were disobedient, when once the
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long-suffering of God waited in
the days of Noah, while the ark
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was a preparing, wherein
few, that is, eight souls
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were saved by water.
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The like figure whereunto even
baptism doth also now save us
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(not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh,
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but the answer of a
good conscience toward God,)
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by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ: who is gone into
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heaven, and is on the right hand
of God; angels and authorities
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and powers being
made subject unto him.
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Continuing reading
1 Peter, chapter 4.
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This is the King James Version.
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Forasmuch then as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh,
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arm yourselves likewise with
the same mind: for he that hath
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suffered in the
flesh hath ceased from sin;
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that he no longer should
live the rest of his time in the
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flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.
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For the time past of our life
may suffice us to have wrought
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the will of the Gentiles, when
we walked in lasciviousness,
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lusts, excess of wine,
raveling's, banquetings,
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and abominable idolatries:
wherein they think it strange
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that ye run not with them
to the same excess of riot,
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speaking evil of you: who shall
give account to him that is
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ready to judge the
quick and the dead.
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For this cause was the gospel
preached also to them that are
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dead, that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh,
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but live according
to God in the spirit.
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But the end of all things is
at hand: be ye therefore sober,
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and watch unto prayer.
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And above all things
have fervent charity among
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yourselves: for charity shall
cover the multitude of sins.
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Use hospitality one to
another without grudging.
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As every man hath received the
gift, even so minister the same
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one to another, as good stewards
of the manifold grace of God.
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If any man speak, let him
speak as the oracles of God;
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if any man minister, let him do
it as of the ability which God
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giveth: that God in all
things may be glorified through
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Jesus Christ, to whom be praise
and dominion for ever and ever.
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Amen.
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Beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial
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which is to try you, as though
some strange thing happened
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unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch
as ye are partakers of Christ's
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sufferings; that, when his glory
shall be revealed, ye may be
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glad also with exceeding joy.
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If ye be reproached for the
name of Christ, happy are ye;
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for the Spirit of glory and of
God resteth upon you: on their
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part he is evil spoken of, but
on your part he is glorified.
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But let none of you suffer
as a murderer, or as a thief,
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or as an evildoer, or as a
busybody in other men's matters.
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Yet if any man suffer as
a Christian, let him not be
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ashamed; but let him
glorify God on this behalf.
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For the time is come that
judgment must begin at the house
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of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be
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of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
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And if the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly
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and the sinner appear?
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Wherefore, let them that suffer
according to the will of God
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commit the keeping of their
souls to him in well-doing,
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as unto a faithful Creator.
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Continuing in chapter 5
of the first book of Peter.
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The elders which are among you
I exhort, who am also an elder,
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and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, and also a partaker
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of the glory that shall be
revealed: feed the flock of God
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which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof,
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not by constraint, but
willingly; not for filthy lucre,
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but of a ready mind; neither as
being lords over God's heritage,
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but being examples to the flock.
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And when the chief Shepherd
shall appear, ye shall receive
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a crown of glory
that fadeth not away.
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Likewise, ye younger, submit
yourselves unto the elder.
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Yea, all of you be subject one
to another, and be clothed with
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humility; for God resisteth
the proud, and giveth grace
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to the humble.
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Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God,
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that he may exalt you in
due time: casting all your care
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upon him; for he careth for you.
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Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil,
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as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may
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devour: whom resist steadfast
in the faith, knowing that the
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same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren
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that are in the world.
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But the God of all grace, who
hath called us unto his eternal
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glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while,
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make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you.
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To him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever.
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Amen.
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By Silvanus, a faithful
brother unto you, as I suppose,
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I have written briefly,
exhorting, and testifying that
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this is the true grace
of God wherein ye stand.
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The church that is at Babylon,
elected together with you,
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saluteth you; and
so doth Marcus my son.
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Greet ye one another
with a kiss of charity.
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Peace be with you all
that are in Christ Jesus.
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Amen.
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Continuing with the second
epistle of Peter, and this is
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the King James Version.
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Simon Peter, a servant and
an apostle of Jesus Christ,
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to them that have obtained
like precious faith with us
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through the righteousness of
God and our Savior Jesus Christ:
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grace and peace be multiplied
unto you through the knowledge
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of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
according as his divine power
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hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and
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godliness, through the knowledge
of him that hath called us to
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glory and virtue: whereby are
given unto us exceeding great
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and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers
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of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is
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in the world through lust.
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And beside this, giving all
diligence, add to your faith
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virtue; and to virtue,
knowledge; and to knowledge,
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temperance; and to temperance,
patience; and to patience,
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godliness; and to
godliness, brotherly kindness;
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and to brotherly
kindness, charity.
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For if these things be in you,
and abound, they make you that
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ye shall neither be barren
nor unfruitful in the knowledge
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of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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But he that lacketh these things
is blind, and cannot see afar
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off, and hath forgotten that
he was purged from his old sins.
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Wherefore the rather, brethren,
give diligence to make your
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calling and election
sure: for if ye do these things,
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ye shall never fall: for so
an entrance shall be ministered
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unto you abundantly into
the everlasting kingdom of our
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Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Wherefore I will not be
negligent to put you always in
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remembrance of these
things, though ye know them,
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and be established
in the present truth.
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Yea, I think it meet, as
long as I am in this tabernacle,
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to stir you up by putting
you in remembrance; knowing that
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shortly I must put off this
my tabernacle, even as our Lord
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Jesus Christ hath showed me.
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Moreover I will endeavor that
ye may be able after my decease
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to have these things
always in remembrance.
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For we have not followed
cunningly devised fables,
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when we made known unto you
the power and coming of our Lord
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Jesus Christ, but were
eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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For he received from God
the Father honor and glory,
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when there came such a voice
to him from the excellent glory,
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This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well-pleased.
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And this voice which came from
heaven we heard, when we were
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with him in the holy mount.
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We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well
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that ye take heed, as unto
a light that shineth in a dark
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place, until the day dawn,
and the day star arise in your
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hearts: knowing this
first, that no prophecy of the
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scripture is of any
private interpretation.
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Thank you for being with me.
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Goodbye.
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