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His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

(for as that righteous man lived among them day by day, his righteous soul was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

but received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.

He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commands.

The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not 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:

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.

The one who loves his brother or sister remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, little children,since your sins have been forgivenon account of his name.