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11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live,
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Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.
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as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.
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But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.
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So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him—
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Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
16 speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.
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He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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