2 Peter 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another. 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
  • Phil 3:1 : 1 For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 John 1:2 : 2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:
  • 2 Pet 1:13 : 13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
  • 2 Pet 1:15 : 15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
  • 2 Pet 3:1 : 1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
  • 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
  • Heb 10:32 : 32 But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.
  • Acts 16:5 : 5 So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 86%

    13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

    14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

    15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

    16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

    2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

  • 2 Pet 1:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

    8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.

    10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

    11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

    6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

  • 76%

    17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

    18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.

  • 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 5 Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things?

  • 14 But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

  • 73%

    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

  • 5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;

  • 17 For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

  • 4 So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.

  • 8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  • 14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

  • 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

  • 2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

  • 15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

  • 72%

    14 I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

    15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

  • 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

  • 31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

  • 3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

  • 21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

  • 13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • 8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

  • 3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

  • 8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • 13 Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  • 10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

  • 2 Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

  • 1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

  • 7 Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

  • 12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • 6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

  • 13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

  • 6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.