Study Desk

But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,

The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.

Through Silvanus, a faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly in order to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased!”

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell and delivered them in chains of utter darkness to be kept for judgment;

They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.

as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.

But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:

And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.

The one who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s works.

Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things.

Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God