but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

This say I not as commanding: but because others are so fervent, therefore prove I your love, whether it be perfect or no.

Speaking the truth

Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth."

Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,

And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth:

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in whom every building coupled together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord,

I will be as dew to Israel, and he shall flourish as a lily, and stretch out his roots as Lebanon.

But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness arise, and health shall be under his wings: ye shall go forth, and multiply as the fat calves.

and as newborn babes desire that reasonable milk which is without corruption, that ye may be grown therein.

but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord, and saviour Jesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and forever. Amen. {Here ends the Second General Epistle of Peter}

General references

A stranger they will not follow, but will fly from him. For they know not the voice of strangers."

As we have many members in one body, and all members have not one office: