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John 1:6-34 (view passage online)
The Jews send priests and Levites to question John the Baptist about his identity. John denies being the Christ, Elijah, or the Prophet, calling himself only a voice crying in the wilderness. He points away from himself and directs people toward the One coming after him.
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John 1:1-14 (view passage online)
Jesus comes as the Word and God in the flesh, existing in the beginning with God. He makes all things and carries life and the light of men within Him. He gives the right to become children of God to all who receive Him.
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Ephesians 1:1-14 (view passage online)
Paul introduces himself as an apostle by the will of God and writes to the church at Ephesus. He focuses the first three chapters of his letter on doctrine concerning our identity in Christ and the last three on practical application. The letter details exactly who we are in Christ and what we possess in Him.
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2 Peter 3 (view passage online)
Peter warns that the day of the Lord comes as a thief. The heavens pass away, the elements melt, and God brings new heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells. Believers must live in holy conduct and godliness as they look forward to these events.
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2 Peter 3 (view passage online)
Scoffers question the promise of the Lord’s coming. God does not delay His promise but shows longsuffering, not wanting anyone to perish. The day of the Lord still comes as a thief in the night.
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Romans 17:1-27 (view passage online)
Paul expresses great sorrow for Israel, noting their adoption, glory, covenants, law, promises, and fathers. Christ comes from them according to the flesh. God sovereignly chooses Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, keeping Israel central to His redemptive plan.
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2 Peter 3:10-13 (view passage online)
God gives the inheritance by promise, not by the law. He adds the law because of transgressions to serve as a tutor until the Seed comes to bring us to Christ. Now that faith has come, all who believe become sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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2 Peter 3:10-18 (view passage online)
Peter calls believers to live in holy conduct and godliness since God will dissolve all things. Christians must work diligently to live in peace, without spot, and blameless. He commands believers to grow in grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ while avoiding the error of the wicked.
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2 Peter 3:1-13 (view passage online)
Peter reminds believers of words spoken by prophets and apostles regarding scoffers who walk according to their own lusts. These scoffers willfully forget God’s work in creation and the flood. God currently stores up the present heavens and earth for fire and judgment.
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Romans 16:17-27 (view passage online)
Peter warns the church about false teachers, calling them wells without water and clouds carried by a tempest. These teachers promise liberty but live as slaves of corruption, like a sow returning to the mire. He exhorts believers to remember the words of the prophets to protect themselves.