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\h 2 Peter 
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\toc1 2 Peter 
\mt1 2 Peter 
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\v 1 Greetings \w from|strong="G1722"\w* Simon \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w apostle|strong="G0652"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\p \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* share \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2472"\w* valuable \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* given \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* always \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* good \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w Grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* given \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* more \w and|strong="G2532"\w* more, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\s1 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w Has|strong="G2316"\w* Given \w Us|strong="G1722"\w* Everything \w We|strong="G2249"\w* Need 
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G2564"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* need \w to|strong="G4314"\w* live \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* devoted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* know \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* chose \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* goodness, 
\v 4 \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* gave \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rich gifts \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* gifts \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can \w share|strong="G2844"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* like God. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w escape|strong="G0668"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ruin \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* want. 
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\v 5 \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* blessings, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w to|strong="G2532"\w* add \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* life \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*: \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* add goodness; \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* goodness add \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w*; 
\v 6 \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* add \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w*; \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w* add \w patience|strong="G5281"\w*; \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w patience|strong="G5281"\w* add devotion \w to|strong="G1722"\w* God; 
\v 7 \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* devotion \w add|strong="G0026"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5360"\w* \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sisters \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Christ, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5360"\w* \w add|strong="G0026"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*. 
\v 8 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* growing, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w fail|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* useful \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* produce \w the|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w fruit|strong="G0175"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* come \w from|strong="G2424"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* grow \w in|strong="G3778"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* blessings \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* see clearly \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* forgotten \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* cleansed \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w past|strong="G3819"\w* \w sins|strong="G0265"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w My|strong="G4160"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w God|strong="G4160"\w* called \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* chose \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* best \w to|strong="G2532"\w* live \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* shows \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really \w are|strong="G3778"\w* God’s called \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* fall. 
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* given \w a|strong="G3779"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* great welcome \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w a|strong="G3779"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w that|strong="G3779"\w* never ends. 
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\v 12 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* already \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* strong \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w always|strong="G0104"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w remember|strong="G1492"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 13 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* still living \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* earth, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* think \w it|strong="G2233"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* remind \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w soon|strong="G5031"\w* leave \w this|strong="G3588"\w* body. \w Our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* shown \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. 
\v 15 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* try \w my|strong="G1699"\w* best \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* sure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2192"\w* gone. 
\s1 \w We|strong="G3778"\w* Saw Christ’s Glory 
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\v 16 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G3952"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* clever stories \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* invented. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* saw \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w greatness|strong="G3168"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* own eyes. 
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* heard \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* great \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G0027"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 18 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G0191"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*.\f + \fr 1:18  \ft This event is described in the Gospels. See Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36.\f* 
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\v 19 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w more|strong="G0949"\w* \w sure|strong="G0949"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4397"\w* \w said|strong="G3056"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* follow closely \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3056"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5316"\w* \w shining|strong="G5316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* dark \w place|strong="G5117"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w light|strong="G5316"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* begins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w morning|strong="G2250"\w* \w star|strong="G5459"\w* \w brings|strong="G4160"\w* new \w light|strong="G5316"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*. 
\v 20 Most important \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* must \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w prophecy|strong="G4394"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* prophet’s \w own|strong="G2398"\w* understanding. 
\v 21 \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w prophecy|strong="G4394"\w* \w ever|strong="G4218"\w* came \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w what|strong="G0235"\w* \w some|strong="G0575"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w were|strong="G4218"\w* led \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2316"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* words \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\s1 False Teachers 
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w prophets|strong="G5578"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w teachers|strong="G5572"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* group. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* teach \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* wrong—ideas \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* cause \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* lost. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* teach \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* hard \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Master|strong="G1203"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w bought|strong="G0059"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* freedom. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w* destroy \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w follow|strong="G1811"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* morally wrong \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* bad \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w follow|strong="G1811"\w*. 
\v 3 \w These|strong="G3739"\w* \w false|strong="G4112"\w* teachers \w only|strong="G3756"\w* want \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* use \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* true. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w false|strong="G4112"\w* teachers \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w long|strong="G1597"\w* time. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* escape \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* destroy \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w When|strong="G0032"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G5339"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* let \w them|strong="G3860"\w* go free \w without|strong="G3756"\w* punishment. \w He|strong="G1487"\w* sent \w them|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G5020"\w*. \w He|strong="G1487"\w* \w put|strong="G3860"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* caves \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w darkness|strong="G2217"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* being \w held|strong="G5083"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time \w when|strong="G0032"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* judge \w them|strong="G3860"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1863"\w* punished \w the|strong="G2532"\w* evil people \w who|strong="G2532"\w* lived \w long|strong="G0744"\w* \w ago|strong="G0744"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1863"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w flood|strong="G2627"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* that \w was|strong="G2532"\w* full \w of|strong="G1343"\w* people \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G1863"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* saved \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G3590"\w* other people \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0765"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* told people \w about|strong="G2532"\w* living \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
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\v 6 God \w also|strong="G2532"\w* punished \w the|strong="G2532"\w* evil \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* burned them \w until|strong="G2532"\w* there \w was|strong="G4172"\w* nothing left \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashes|strong="G5077"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* used \w those|strong="G3195"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w example|strong="G5262"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* happen \w to|strong="G3195"\w* people \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* against God. 
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* saved \w Lot|strong="G3091"\w*, \w a|strong="G5259"\w* good \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w there|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Lot|strong="G3091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* greatly troubled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* morally bad \w lives|strong="G0391"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 8 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* good \w man|strong="G1342"\w* lived \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w people|strong="G0846"\w* every \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* good \w heart|strong="G5590"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* hurt \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G0990"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0189"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1492"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* God \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* how \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w those|strong="G1161"\w* who \w are|strong="G2250"\w* devoted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G5083"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* save \w them|strong="G5083"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* troubles \w come|strong="G1537"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* hold evil \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w punish|strong="G2849"\w* \w them|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2920"\w*. 
\v 10 \w That|strong="G1161"\w* punishment \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* always doing \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G0987"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful selves want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hate \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Lord’s \w authority|strong="G2963"\w*. 
\p \w These|strong="G3588"\w* false teachers \w do|strong="G2532"\w* whatever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* proud \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5141"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* say bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* ones.\f + \fr 2:10  \fk the glorious ones \ft Literally, “the glories.” These seem to be some kind of angelic beings.\f* 
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w much|strong="G3173"\w* stronger \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w these|strong="G0846"\w* beings. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* accuse \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* say bad \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* false teachers speak \w evil|strong="G0987"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* don’t \w understand|strong="G0050"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* really thinking—\w like|strong="G5613"\w* wild \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* caught \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G5356"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* wild \w animals|strong="G2226"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G5351"\w*. 
\v 13 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* made many \w people|strong="G0846"\w* suffer. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* suffer. \w That|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G0091"\w*. 
\p \w They|strong="G0846"\w* think \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* fun \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G0091"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* everyone can see \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* enjoy \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* please \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* dirty spots \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stains|strong="G4696"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*—\w they|strong="G0846"\w* bring shame \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* meals \w you|strong="G5210"\w* eat \w together|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 14 Every time \w they|strong="G2532"\w* look at \w a|strong="G2192"\w* woman, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w her|strong="G2192"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* always sinning \w this|strong="G2532"\w* way. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lead weaker \w people|strong="G5590"\w* into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trap \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* taught themselves \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* greedy. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w under|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*.\f + \fr 2:14  \fk under a curse \ft Literally, “children of a curse,” meaning that God will punish them.\f* 
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\v 15 \w These|strong="G3739"\w* false teachers \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G3598"\w* went \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w followed|strong="G1811"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* prophet \w Balaam|strong="G0903"\w* went. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* son \w of|strong="G3598"\w* Beor, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w loved|strong="G0025"\w* being paid \w for|strong="G2641"\w* \w doing|strong="G0093"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w*. 
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w donkey|strong="G5268"\w* told \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* doing wrong. \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w donkey|strong="G5268"\w* cannot talk, \w of|strong="G5456"\w* course, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w donkey|strong="G5268"\w* spoke \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man’s|strong="G0444"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* stopped \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w from|strong="G5456"\w* acting \w so|strong="G1161"\w* crazy. 
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\v 17 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* false teachers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w springs|strong="G4077"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* no \w water|strong="G0504"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like clouds \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* blown \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w storm|strong="G2978"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* place \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* deepest \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w for|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 18 \w They|strong="G1722"\w* boast \w with|strong="G1722"\w* words \w that|strong="G1722"\w* mean nothing. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* lead \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* trap \w of|strong="G1722"\w* sin. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* find \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* just \w escaped|strong="G0668"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* wrong \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G4561"\w* lead \w them|strong="G1722"\w* back \w into|strong="G1722"\w* sin. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* do \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* using \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3641"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* want \w to|strong="G1722"\w* do \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* weakness. 
\v 19 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* false teachers \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* free. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* ruined \w by|strong="G2532"\w* sin. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* controls \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* can \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* free \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* can \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* free \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1922"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* go \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w known|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*. \w That|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G0040"\w* \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w away|strong="G5290"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* teaching \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 22 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* did \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G0227"\w* sayings: “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w dog|strong="G2965"\w* vomits \w and|strong="G2532"\w* goes \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* threw \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.”\x + \xo 2:22  \xt Quote from Proverbs 26:11.\x* \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* pig \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* goes \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rolls \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mud \w again|strong="G1994"\w*.” 
\c 3  
\s1 Jesus Will Come Again 
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\v 1 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* friends, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* both \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* help \w your|strong="G1722"\w* honest \w minds|strong="G1271"\w* remember something. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G4487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* spoke \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w that|strong="G4487"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w* gave us. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* gave us \w that|strong="G4487"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* through \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* important \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* happen \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* laugh \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w live|strong="G2250"\w* \w following|strong="G4198"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w they|strong="G0846"\w* want \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G4198"\w*. 
\v 4 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*? \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w died|strong="G2837"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* world \w continues|strong="G1265"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w since|strong="G0575"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* don’t \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* remember \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w long|strong="G1597"\w* \w ago|strong="G1597"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* skies \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w flooded|strong="G2626"\w* \w and|strong="G5204"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G0622"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. 
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w keeping|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* skies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="G2250"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2920"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w destruction|strong="G0684"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* forget \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*, \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* friends: \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5507"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5507"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w slow|strong="G1019"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G5613"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*—\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* understand \w slowness|strong="G1022"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* God \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w patient|strong="G3114"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G5613"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w lost|strong="G0622"\w*. \w He|strong="G5613"\w* wants \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* change \w their|strong="G3956"\w* ways \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* sinning. 
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\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* surprise \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* coming \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w thief|strong="G2812"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* disappear \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* loud noise. Everything \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G3089"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* fire. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w up|strong="G2618"\w*.\f + \fr 3:10  \fk will be burned up \ft Among the other readings of this text in early Greek copies, many have “will be found,” and one has “will disappear.”\f* 
\v 11 \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G3089"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G4217"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w*? \w Your|strong="G3956"\w* \w lives|strong="G0391"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* devoted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* God. 
\v 12 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w looking|strong="G4328"\w* forward \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, wanting more \w than|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3952"\w* soon. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G3089"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* fire, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w melt|strong="G5080"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* heat. 
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* made \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w promise|strong="G1862"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised—\w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* goodness \w lives|strong="G2730"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w Dear|strong="G0027"\w* friends, \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* try \w as|strong="G1722"\w* hard \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* can \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* fault. Try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 15 Remember \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* saved \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* patient. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w thing|strong="G0846"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 16 That’s \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* writes \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* parts \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w hard|strong="G1425"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w understand|strong="G1425"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* give \w a|strong="G5613"\w* wrong meaning \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ignorant \w and|strong="G2532"\w* weak \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G2980"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* give wrong meanings \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* destroying \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w Dear|strong="G0027"\w* \w friends|strong="G2398"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* already know \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* careful. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w people|strong="G3588"\w* lead \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w away|strong="G4879"\w* \w by|strong="G4879"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w they|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Be|strong="G3767"\w* careful \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* fall \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* strong faith. 
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