2 Peter 1:6

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

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

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

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,

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

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.

For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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

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.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

I and the Father are one.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

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You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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

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

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

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,

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.