2 Peter 1:12

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.

According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”

“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in few words.

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

Don’t quench the Spirit.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

Yet in this thing you didn’t believe Yahweh your God,

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you,

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.