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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,And His ears are open to their prayers;But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." Psalms 34:12-16 ">[fn]

that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

But may [fn] the God of all grace, who called us [fn] to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35">[xr] For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)--

but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," Proverbs 26:11">[fn] and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."

and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation."

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, [fn] not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.