2 Peter 3:14

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“Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Peter 3:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 24:26So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
  2. Matthew 25:7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
  3. Luke 2:29“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
  4. Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  7. Philippians 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
  8. Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
  9. Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  10. 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  12. Hebrews 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
  13. James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
  14. 2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
  15. 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

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