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Romans 3 (view passage online)
Paul teaches that all people sin and none seek after God or live righteously. The law brings the knowledge of sin, but God gives righteousness apart from the law through faith in Jesus Christ. God justifies believers freely by His grace, acting as both just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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2 Peter 2:12-22 (view passage online)
False teachers despise authority, speak evil of things they do not understand, and have eyes full of adultery. They forsake the right way, much like Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness. These teachers lure unstable souls away with empty promises.
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Romans 16:1-6 (view passage online)
Peter calls believers to have a genuine love and care for the people around them. Wives can win unbelieving husbands without a word through their godly conduct. Husbands must dwell with their wives with understanding and honor.
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2 Peter 2:1-9 (view passage online)
Peter warns that false teachers will come among believers and secretly bring in destructive heresies. God judges sin, just as He did not spare the angels who sinned, the ancient world, or Sodom. The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and reserve the unjust for judgment.
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2 Peter 1:16-21 (view passage online)
God gives us the confirmed prophetic word, which acts as a light shining in a dark place. Holy men of God spoke these trustworthy and true words as the Holy Spirit moved them. No prophecy of Scripture comes from private interpretation.
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2 Peter 1:11-15 (view passage online)
Peter promises to always remind believers of these truths even though they already know them. He speaks as an eyewitness of Christ’s majesty on the mount of transfiguration before he puts off his earthly body. He testifies that he heard the voice from heaven call Jesus the beloved Son.
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Malachi 3:1-6 (view passage online)
The Lord refines and purifies His people like silver. God uses trials to shape believers according to His purpose. The refiner watches the silver closely and knows the work finishes when he sees his reflection in it.
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2 Peter 1:1-11 (view passage online)
Peter writes to those who obtain like precious faith, explaining that God’s divine power gives us all things for life and godliness. He instructs believers to add virtue, knowledge, and self-control to their faith. These qualities flow directly from our identity in Christ rather than from our own self-effort.
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2 Peter (view passage online)
Peter introduces himself and writes to those of like precious faith. God uses His divine power to give us all things pertaining to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him. Believers become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption of the world.