I told you before, and tell you again, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who earlier have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the exiles scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

I stir

Yea, I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

Therefore I remind you that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands.

Pure

He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

[A Psalm of Asaph.] Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.

Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Way

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

General references

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: