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    <book number='61' name='2 Peter' abbreviation='2 Pe' testament='new'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='4826'>Simon</strongs><strongs greek='4074'>Peter</strongs>, a <strongs greek='1401'>servant</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, to them that have <strongs greek='2975'>obtained</strongs>like <strongs greek='2472'>precious</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>with <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs>the <strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='5485'>Grace</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>be <strongs greek='4129'>multiplied</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs>the <strongs greek='1922'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>According <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='846'>his</strongs><strongs greek='2304'>divine</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1433'>given</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>that</strongs><em>pertain</em> <strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223'>through</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1922'>knowledge</strongs>of him that hath <strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>to</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='703'>virtue</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1223 3739'>Whereby</strongs>are <strongs greek='1433'>given</strongs>unto <strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs>exceeding <strongs greek='3176'>great</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5093'>precious</strongs><strongs greek='1862'>promises</strongs>: <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='5130'>these</strongs>ye might <strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs><strongs greek='2844'>partakers</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2304'>divine</strongs><strongs greek='5449'>nature</strongs>, having <strongs greek='668'>escaped</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5356'>corruption</strongs>that is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs><strongs greek='1939'>lust</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>beside <strongs greek='846 5124'>this</strongs>, <strongs greek='3923'>giving</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4710'>diligence</strongs>, <strongs greek='2023'>add</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='703'>virtue</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='703'>virtue</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs><strongs greek='1466'>temperance</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='1466'>temperance</strongs><strongs greek='5281'>patience</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5281'>patience</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>brotherly <strongs greek='5360'>kindness</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs>brotherly <strongs greek='5360'>kindness</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>if these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='5225'>be</strongs>in <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4121'>abound</strongs>, they <strongs greek='2525'>make</strongs><em>you</em> <em>that</em> <em>ye</em> <em>shall</em> <strongs greek='3756'>neither</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='692'>barren</strongs><strongs greek='3761'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='175'>unfruitful</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1922'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1063'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>he</strongs>that <strongs greek='3918 3361'>lacketh</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5185'>blind</strongs>, and cannot see afar <strongs greek='3467'>off</strongs>, and hath <strongs greek='2983 3024'>forgotten</strongs>that he was <strongs greek='2512'>purged</strongs>from <strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3819'>old</strongs><strongs greek='266'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1352'>Wherefore</strongs>the <strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs>, <strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>, give <strongs greek='4704'>diligence</strongs>to <strongs greek='4160'>make</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='2821'>calling</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1589'>election</strongs><strongs greek='949'>sure</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>if ye <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>, ye shall <strongs greek='3364 4218'>never</strongs><strongs greek='4417'>fall</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>so</strongs>an <strongs greek='1529'>entrance</strongs>shall be ministered <strongs greek='2023'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='4146'>abundantly</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='166'>everlasting</strongs><strongs greek='932'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1352'>Wherefore</strongs>I will <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>be <strongs greek='272'>negligent</strongs>to put you always in <strongs greek='5279 5209 104'>remembrance</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>of</strongs>these <strongs greek='5130'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2539'>though</strongs>ye <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><em>them,</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>be <strongs greek='4741'>established</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3918'>present</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>Yea</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2233'>think</strongs>it <strongs greek='1342'>meet</strongs>, as long <strongs greek='1909 3745'>as</strongs>I <strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5129'>this</strongs><strongs greek='4638'>tabernacle</strongs>, to stir you <strongs greek='1326 5209'>up</strongs>by putting <em>you</em> in <strongs greek='1722 5280'>remembrance</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1492'>Knowing</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5031'>shortly</strongs>I <strongs greek='2076'>must</strongs>put <strongs greek='595'>off</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='4638'>tabernacle</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='2531'>as</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1213'>showed</strongs><strongs greek='3427'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>Moreover</strongs>I will <strongs greek='4704'>endeavor</strongs><strongs greek='*2532'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs>may be able <strongs greek='3326'>after</strongs><strongs greek='1699'>my</strongs><strongs greek='1841'>decease</strongs>to <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>these <strongs greek='5130'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1539'>always</strongs>in <strongs greek='4160 3420'>remembrance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>we have <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1811'>followed</strongs>cunningly <strongs greek='4679'>devised</strongs><strongs greek='3454'>fables</strongs>, when we made <strongs greek='1107'>known</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>power</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3952'>coming</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>were</strongs><strongs greek='2030'>eyewitnesses</strongs>of <strongs greek='1565'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3168'>majesty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>he <strongs greek='2983'>received</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>from</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>the <strongs greek='3962'>Father</strongs><strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>, when there <strongs greek='5342'>came</strongs><strongs greek='5107'>such</strongs>a <strongs greek='5456'>voice</strongs>to <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3169'>excellent</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>, <strongs greek='3778'>This</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3450'>my</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs><strongs greek='5207'>Son</strongs>, <strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>am well <strongs greek='2106'>pleased</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5026'>this</strongs><strongs greek='5456'>voice</strongs>which <strongs greek='5342'>came</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heaven</strongs><strongs greek='2249'>we</strongs><strongs greek='191'>heard</strongs>, when we <strongs greek='5607'>were</strongs><strongs greek='4862'>with</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='3735'>mount</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>We <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>a more <strongs greek='949'>sure</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='4397'>prophecy</strongs>; <strongs greek='3739'>whereunto</strongs>ye <strongs greek='4160'>do</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>that ye take <strongs greek='4337'>heed</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>unto a <strongs greek='3088'>light</strongs>that <strongs greek='5316'>shineth</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>a <strongs greek='850'>dark</strongs><strongs greek='5117'>place</strongs>, <strongs greek='2193 3757'>until</strongs>the <strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs><strongs greek='1306'>dawn</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the day <strongs greek='5459'>star</strongs><strongs greek='393'>arise</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='2588'>hearts</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1097'>Knowing</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3956 3756'>no</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophecy</strongs>of the <strongs greek='1124'>Scripture</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>is</strongs>of any <strongs greek='2398'>private</strongs><strongs greek='1955'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>the <strongs greek='4394'>prophecy</strongs><strongs greek='5342'>came</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>in old <strongs greek='4218'>time</strongs>by the <strongs greek='2307'>will</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2980'>spake</strongs><em>as</em> <em>they</em> <em>were</em> <strongs greek='5342'>moved</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>by</strongs>the <strongs greek='40'>Holy</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Ghost</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>there <strongs greek='1096'>were</strongs>false <strongs greek='5578'>prophets</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2992'>people</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>there shall <strongs greek='2071'>be</strongs>false <strongs greek='5572'>teachers</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>who</strongs>privily shall bring <strongs greek='3919'>in</strongs><strongs greek='684'>damnable</strongs><strongs greek='139'>heresies</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>even</strongs><strongs greek='720'>denying</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1203'>Lord</strongs>that <strongs greek='59'>bought</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>, and bring <strongs greek='1863'>upon</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>themselves</strongs><strongs greek='5031'>swift</strongs><strongs greek='684'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs>shall <strongs greek='1811'>follow</strongs><strongs greek='846'>their</strongs>pernicious <strongs greek='684'>ways</strongs>; by reason <strongs greek='1223'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>way</strongs>of <strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>shall be evil spoken <strongs greek='987'>of</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs><strongs greek='4124'>covetousness</strongs>shall they with <strongs greek='4112'>feigned</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>make <strongs greek='1710'>merchandise</strongs>of <strongs greek='5209'>you</strongs>: <strongs greek='3739'>whose</strongs><strongs greek='2917'>judgment</strongs>now of a long <strongs greek='1597'>time</strongs><strongs greek='691'>lingereth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='846'>their</strongs><strongs greek='684'>damnation</strongs><strongs greek='3573'>slumbereth</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='5339'>spared</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>that <strongs greek='264'>sinned</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>cast <em>them</em> down to <strongs greek='5020'>hell</strongs>, and <strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs><em>them</em> into <strongs greek='4577'>chains</strongs>of <strongs greek='2217'>darkness</strongs>, to be <strongs greek='5083'>reserved</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2920'>judgment</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='5339'>spared</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>the <strongs greek='744'>old</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5442'>saved</strongs><strongs greek='3575'>Noah</strongs>the <strongs greek='3590'>eighth</strongs><em>person,</em> a <strongs greek='2783'>preacher</strongs>of <strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>, bringing <strongs greek='1863'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2627'>flood</strongs>upon the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>of the <strongs greek='765'>ungodly</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into <strongs greek='5077 4172 4670 2532 1116'>ashes</strongs><strongs greek='2632'>condemned</strongs><em>them</em> with an <strongs greek='2692'>overthrow</strongs>, <strongs greek='5087'>making</strongs><em>them</em> an <strongs greek='5262'>example</strongs>unto those that after <strongs greek='3195'>should</strongs>live <strongs greek='764'>ungodly</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='4506'>delivered</strongs><strongs greek='1342'>just</strongs><strongs greek='3091'>Lot</strongs>, <strongs greek='2669'>vexed</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>filthy <strongs greek='1722 766 391'>conversation</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='113'>wicked</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>( <strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>that righteous <strongs greek='1342'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1460'>dwelling</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>among</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>, in <strongs greek='990'>seeing</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='189'>hearing</strongs>, <strongs greek='928'>vexed</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='1342'>righteous</strongs><strongs greek='5590'>soul</strongs>from <strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>with <em>their</em> <strongs greek='459'>unlawful</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>deeds</strongs>); </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>knoweth</strongs>how to <strongs greek='4506'>deliver</strongs>the <strongs greek='2152'>godly</strongs>out <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs><strongs greek='3986'>temptations</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='5083'>reserve</strongs>the <strongs greek='94'>unjust</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs>the <strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of <strongs greek='2920'>judgment</strongs>to be <strongs greek='2849'>punished</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3122'>chiefly</strongs>them that <strongs greek='4198'>walk</strongs><strongs greek='3694'>after</strongs>the <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='1939'>lust</strongs>of <strongs greek='3394'>uncleanness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2706'>despise</strongs><strongs greek='2963'>government</strongs>. <strongs greek='5113'>Presumptuous</strongs><em>are</em> <em>they,</em> <strongs greek='829'>self</strongs>-willed, they are <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5141'>afraid</strongs>to speak <strongs greek='987'>evil</strongs>of <strongs greek='1391'>dignities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='3699'>Whereas</strongs><strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>, which <strongs greek='5607'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3187'>greater</strongs>in <strongs greek='2479'>power</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1411'>might</strongs>, <strongs greek='5342'>bring</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='989'>railing</strongs><strongs greek='2920'>accusation</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>against</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='3844'>before</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3778'>these</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='5446'>natural</strongs><strongs greek='249'>brute</strongs><strongs greek='2226'>beasts</strongs>, <strongs greek='1080'>made</strongs>to be <strongs greek='1519 259'>taken</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5356'>destroyed</strongs>, speak <strongs greek='987'>evil</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>of</strongs>the things <strongs greek='3739'>that</strongs>they understand <strongs greek='50'>not</strongs>; and shall utterly <strongs greek='2704'>perish</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>their <strongs greek='848'>own</strongs><strongs greek='5356'>corruption</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And shall <strongs greek='2865'>receive</strongs>the <strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs>of <strongs greek='93'>unrighteousness</strongs>, <em>as</em> they that <strongs greek='2233'>count</strongs>it <strongs greek='2237'>pleasure</strongs>to <strongs greek='5172'>riot</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the day <strongs greek='2250'>time</strongs>. <strongs greek='4695'>Spots</strongs><em>they</em> <em>are</em> <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3470'>blemishes</strongs>, sporting <strongs greek='1792'>themselves</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>their <strongs greek='848'>own</strongs><strongs greek='539'>deceivings</strongs>while they <strongs greek='4910'>feast</strongs>with <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='2192'>Having</strongs><strongs greek='3788'>eyes</strongs><strongs greek='3324'>full</strongs>of <strongs greek='3428'>adultery</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>that cannot <strongs greek='180'>cease</strongs>from <strongs greek='266'>sin</strongs>; <strongs greek='1185'>beguiling</strongs><strongs greek='793'>unstable</strongs><strongs greek='5590'>souls</strongs>: a <strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs>they <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='1128'>exercised</strongs>with covetous <strongs greek='4124'>practices</strongs>; <strongs greek='2671'>cursed</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>children</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Which have <strongs greek='2641'>forsaken</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2117'>right</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>way</strongs>, and are gone <strongs greek='4105'>astray</strongs>, <strongs greek='1811'>following</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>way</strongs>of <strongs greek='903'>Balaam</strongs><em>the</em> <em>son</em> of <strongs greek='1007'>Bosor</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs><strongs greek='25'>loved</strongs>the <strongs greek='3408'>wages</strongs>of <strongs greek='93'>unrighteousness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>was <strongs greek='2192 1649'>rebuked</strongs>for <strongs greek='2398'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3892'>iniquity</strongs>: the <strongs greek='880'>dumb</strongs><strongs greek='5268'>ass</strongs><strongs greek='5350'>speaking</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>'s <strongs greek='5456'>voice</strongs><strongs greek='2967'>forbade</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3913'>madness</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4396'>prophet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='3778'>These</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='4077'>wells</strongs>without <strongs greek='504'>water</strongs>, <strongs greek='3507'>clouds</strongs>that are <strongs greek='1643'>carried</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>with</strongs>a <strongs greek='2978'>tempest</strongs>: to <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2217'>mist</strongs>of <strongs greek='4655'>darkness</strongs>is <strongs greek='5083'>reserved</strongs><strongs greek='1519 165'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>when they <strongs greek='5350'>speak</strongs>great <strongs greek='5246'>swelling</strongs><em>words</em> of <strongs greek='3153'>vanity</strongs>, they <strongs greek='1185'>allure</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs>the <strongs greek='1939'>lusts</strongs>of the <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>, <em>through</em> <em>much</em> <strongs greek='766'>wantonness</strongs>, those that were clean <strongs greek='668 3689'>escaped</strongs>from them who <strongs greek='390'>live</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4106'>error</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>While they <strongs greek='1861'>promise</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='1657'>liberty</strongs>, <strongs greek='846'>they</strongs>themselves <strongs greek='5225'>are</strongs>the <strongs greek='1401'>servants</strongs>of <strongs greek='5356'>corruption</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>of <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>a <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs>is <strongs greek='2274'>overcome</strongs>, of the <strongs greek='5129'>same</strongs>is <strongs greek='*2532'>he</strongs>brought in <strongs greek='1402'>bondage</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>after they have <strongs greek='668'>escaped</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3393'>pollutions</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>through</strongs>the <strongs greek='1922'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, they <strongs greek='*1161'>are</strongs><strongs greek='3825'>again</strongs><strongs greek='1707'>entangled</strongs><strongs greek='5125'>therein</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2274'>overcome</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>latter <strongs greek='2078'>end</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5501'>worse</strongs>with <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>than <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>beginning</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it had <strongs greek='2258'>been</strongs><strongs greek='2909'>better</strongs>for <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to have <strongs greek='1921'>known</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3598'>way</strongs>of <strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs>, after they have <strongs greek='1921'>known</strongs><em>it,</em> to <strongs greek='1994'>turn</strongs><strongs greek='1537'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='1785'>commandment</strongs><strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>it is <strongs greek='4819'>happened</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='*3588'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='227'>true</strongs><strongs greek='3942'>proverb</strongs>, The <strongs greek='2965'>dog</strongs><em>is</em> turned to his own vomit <strongs greek='1994 1909 2398 1829'>again</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='5300'>sow</strongs>that was <strongs greek='3068'>washed</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs>her <strongs greek='2946'>wallowing</strongs>in the <strongs greek='1004'>mire</strongs>. </verse>
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        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='5026'>This</strongs><strongs greek='1208'>second</strongs><strongs greek='1992'>epistle</strongs>, <strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, I <strongs greek='2235'>now</strongs><strongs greek='1125'>write</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>; <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><em>both</em> <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>I stir <strongs greek='1326'>up</strongs><strongs greek='5216'>your</strongs><strongs greek='1506'>pure</strongs><strongs greek='1271'>minds</strongs>by way <strongs greek='1722'>of</strongs><strongs greek='5280'>remembrance</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That ye may be <strongs greek='3415'>mindful</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4487'>words</strongs>which were spoken <strongs greek='4280'>before</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>by</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='4396'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1785'>commandment</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>us</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='652'>apostles</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1097'>Knowing</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>there shall <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2078'>last</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>days</strongs><strongs greek='1703'>scoffers</strongs>, <strongs greek='4198'>walking</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>after</strongs><strongs greek='848'>their</strongs><strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='1939'>lusts</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saying</strongs>, <strongs greek='4226'>Where</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1860'>promise</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3952'>coming</strongs>? <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='575 3739'>since</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>fathers</strongs>fell <strongs greek='2837'>asleep</strongs>, all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1265'>continue</strongs><strongs greek='3779'>as</strongs><em>they</em> <em>were</em> <strongs greek='575'>from</strongs>the <strongs greek='746'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2937'>creation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><strongs greek='846'>they</strongs><strongs greek='2309'>willingly</strongs>are ignorant <strongs greek='2990'>of</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>by <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>the <strongs greek='3772'>heavens</strongs><strongs greek='2258'>were</strongs>of <strongs greek='1597'>old</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs><strongs greek='4921'>standing</strongs>out <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='5204'>water</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='5204'>water</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1223 3739'>Whereby</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>that <strongs greek='5119'>then</strongs>was, being <strongs greek='2626'>overflowed</strongs>with <strongs greek='5204'>water</strongs>, <strongs greek='622'>perished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heavens</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs>, which are <strongs greek='3568'>now</strongs>, by <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='846'>same</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs>kept in <strongs greek='2343'>store</strongs>, <strongs greek='5083'>reserved</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4442'>fire</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>against</strongs>the <strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of <strongs greek='2920'>judgment</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='684'>perdition</strongs>of <strongs greek='765'>ungodly</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>, <strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, be not <strongs greek='2990 3361'>ignorant</strongs>of <strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>one <strongs greek='1520'>thing</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='3844'>with</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='5507'>thousand</strongs><strongs greek='2094'>years</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='5507'>thousand</strongs><strongs greek='2094'>years</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>is not <strongs greek='1019 3756'>slack</strongs>concerning his <strongs greek='1860'>promise</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>some <strongs greek='5100'>men</strongs><strongs greek='2233'>count</strongs><strongs greek='1022'>slackness</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>is <strongs greek='3114'>longsuffering</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2248'>us</strongs>-ward, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1014'>willing</strongs>that <strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>should <strongs greek='622'>perish</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>that <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>should <strongs greek='5562'>come</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='3341'>repentance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>will <strongs greek='2240'>come</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='2812'>thief</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3571'>night</strongs>; <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heavens</strongs>shall pass <strongs greek='3928'>away</strongs>with a great <strongs greek='4500'>noise</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='4747'>elements</strongs>shall <strongs greek='3089'>melt</strongs>with fervent <strongs greek='2741'>heat</strongs>, the <strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>works</strongs>that are <strongs greek='1722 846'>therein</strongs>shall be burned <strongs greek='2618'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>Seeing</em> <strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>these <strongs greek='5130'>things</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='3089'>dissolved</strongs>, what <strongs greek='4217'>manner</strongs><em>of</em> <em>persons</em> <strongs greek='1163'>ought</strongs><strongs greek='5209'>ye</strongs>to <strongs greek='5225'>be</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><em>all</em> <strongs greek='40'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='391'>conversation</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Looking <strongs greek='4328'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4692'>hasting</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3952'>coming</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='1223 3739'>wherein</strongs>the <strongs greek='3772'>heavens</strongs>being on <strongs greek='4448'>fire</strongs>shall be <strongs greek='3089'>dissolved</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='4747'>elements</strongs>shall <strongs greek='5080'>melt</strongs>with fervent <strongs greek='2741'>heat</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>Nevertheless</strongs>we, <strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='846'>his</strongs><strongs greek='1862'>promise</strongs>, look <strongs greek='4328'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2537'>new</strongs><strongs greek='3772'>heavens</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='2537'>new</strongs><strongs greek='1093'>earth</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722 3739'>wherein</strongs><strongs greek='2730'>dwelleth</strongs><strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1352'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, seeing that ye look <strongs greek='4328'>for</strongs>such <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>, be <strongs greek='4704'>diligent</strongs>that ye may be <strongs greek='2147'>found</strongs>of <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>, without <strongs greek='784'>spot</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='298'>blameless</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2233'>account</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3115'>longsuffering</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='4991'>salvation</strongs>; even <strongs greek='2532'>as</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brother</strongs><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4678'>wisdom</strongs><strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs>unto <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1125'>written</strongs>unto <strongs greek='5213'>you</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='5613'>As</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='1992'>epistles</strongs>, <strongs greek='2980'>speaking</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>of</strongs>these <strongs greek='5130'>things</strongs>; <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs>some <strongs greek='5100'>things</strongs>hard to be <strongs greek='1425'>understood</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>they that are <strongs greek='261'>unlearned</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='793'>unstable</strongs><strongs greek='4761'>wrest</strongs>, <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><em>they</em> <em>do</em> <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>other</strongs><strongs greek='1124'>Scriptures</strongs>, <strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='848'>their</strongs><strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='684'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='5210'>Ye</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>, <strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, seeing ye know these things <strongs greek='4267'>before</strongs>, <strongs greek='5442'>beware</strongs><strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs>ye also, being led away <strongs greek='4879'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4106'>error</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='113'>wicked</strongs>, fall <strongs greek='1601'>from</strongs>your <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='4740'>steadfastness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='837'>grow</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs greek='1108'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>. To <strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs><strongs greek='3568'>now</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1519 2250 165'>forever</strongs>. <strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs>. </verse>
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