2 Peter 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διό, ἀγαπητοί, ταῦτα προσδοκῶντες, σπουδάσατε ἄσπιλοι, καὶ ἀμώμητοι, αὐτῷ εὑρεθῆναι ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

Transliteration

Therefore, agapētoi, these prosdokōntes, spoudasate aspliloi, and amōmētoi, by-him to-be-heurethēnai in eirēnē.

Grammar Details

*agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved ones
*prosdokōntes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - expecting/waiting for
*spoudasate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - be diligent/make every effort
*aspliloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - spotless/unblemished
*amōmētoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - blameless/without reproach
*heurethēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be found
*eirēnē*: dative, feminine, singular - peace/harmony

Word Meanings

*agapētoi*: beloved ones/dear friends
*prosdokōntes*: expecting/waiting for/looking for/anticipating
*spoudasate*: be diligent/make every effort/be zealous
*aspliloi*: spotless/unblemished/without stain
*amōmētoi*: blameless/without reproach/faultless
*heurethēnai*: to be found/discovered/recognized
*eirēnē*: peace/harmony/tranquility

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.
1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Phil 1:10 : 10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;
Phil 2:15 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; {G1537} whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Matt 24:26 : 26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.
Luke 2:29 : 29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;
Luke 12:43 : 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
1 Cor 1:8 : 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear {G1537} a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.
Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he that {G3361} lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble:
1 John 3:3 : 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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