2 Peter 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

I will not

Though

1 John 2:21

Jude 1:5

And be

1 Peter 5:10

Bible References

I will not

Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder,

This is the second letter, dear friends, that I have now written to you, in the effort to arouse your unsullied minds

For my part, as far as you are concerned, my brothers, I am convinced that you are already full of goodness of heart, endowed with perfect knowledge, and well qualified to instruct one another.

Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

If you point this out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, living on the principles of the faith and the excellent teaching you have had.

For this reason I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift that you received when I laid my hands upon you.

But you must remember those early days when after you had received the light you had to go through a great struggle with persecution,

Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

Though

I do not write to you because you do not know it, but because you do know it, and because no lie can come from the truth.

Now I want to remind you, though you know it all already, that he who brought the people safely out of the land of Egypt afterward destroyed the ones who did not believe,

And be

So you, dear friends, now that you are forewarned, must be on your guard against being led away by the errors of unprincipled men and losing your present firmness.

So the churches became stronger and stronger in the faith, and their numbers increased from day to day.

You must be rooted and built up in him and made strong in faith, just as you were taught to be, overflowing with it in your gratitude.

You must not be carried away with strange varieties of teaching. The true way to steadfastness of heart is through God's mercy, not through scruples about food, which have never done their adherents any good.

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.