Thematic Bible: The Godly

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Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ: grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of our Lord. Inasmuch as his power divine has bestowed on us every requisite for life and piety by the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence ??4 bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature ??5 for this very reason, do you contrive to make it your whole concern to furnish your faith with resolution, resolution with intelligence, read more.
intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety, piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love. For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins. So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip; you will thus be richly furnished with the right of entry into the eternal realm of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

Yes, and all who want to live the religious life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Verse ConceptsFate Of The Godlyenemies, of believersdiscipleship, cost ofHumiliationPersecution, Nature OfReward, DivineSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSuffering, Of BelieversPersecution PredictedRight DesiresSufferingPersecution