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8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
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9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
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10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,
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10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,
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11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
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12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
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13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
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13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
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14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
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15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
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16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
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17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
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18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
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18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
