2 Peter 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • 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.
  • 2 Pet 1:12-15 : 12 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. 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

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

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