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  Speaker 1: Good evening and welcome back to divine rest. Tonight we
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  Speaker 1: listen to first and second Peter. I made sure that
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  Speaker 1: One Peter. One Peter. Chapter one Peter, an apostle of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ to God's elect exiles scattered throughout the provinces
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  Speaker 1: of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been
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  Speaker 1: chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
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  Speaker 1: the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood. Grace and peace
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  Speaker 1: be yours in abundance. Be to the God and Father
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in his great mercy. He
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  Speaker 1: has given us new birth into a living hope through
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  Speaker 1: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into
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  Speaker 1: an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade. This
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  Speaker 1: inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith
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  Speaker 1: is shielded by God's power until the coming of the
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  Speaker 1: salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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  Speaker 1: In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
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  Speaker 1: little while you may have had to suffer grief in
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of trials. These have come so that the
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  Speaker 1: proven genuineness of your faith, of greater worth than gold,
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  Speaker 1: which perishes even though refined by fire, may result in praise, glory,
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  Speaker 1: and honor. When Jesus Christ is revealed, though you have
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  Speaker 1: not seen him, you love him. And even though you
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  Speaker 1: do not see him, now you believe in him and
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  Speaker 1: are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you
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  Speaker 1: are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation
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  Speaker 1: of your souls. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who spoke
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  Speaker 1: of the grace that was to come to you searched
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  Speaker 1: intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out
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  Speaker 1: the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ
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  Speaker 1: in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of
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  Speaker 1: the Messiah and the glories that would follow. It was
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  Speaker 1: revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you.
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  Speaker 1: When they spoke of the things that have now been
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  Speaker 1: told you by those who have preached the Gospel to
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  Speaker 1: you by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven. Even angels
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  Speaker 1: long to look into these things. Therefore, with minds that
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  Speaker 1: are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the
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  Speaker 1: grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is
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  Speaker 1: revealed that is coming. As obedient children, do not conform
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  Speaker 1: to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
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  Speaker 1: But just as he who called you is holy, so
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  Speaker 1: be holy in all you do, for it is written,
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  Speaker 1: be holy because I am holy. Since you call on
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  Speaker 1: a father who judges each person's work, impartially live out
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  Speaker 1: your time as foreigners here in reverent fear, for you
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  Speaker 1: know that it was not with perishable things such as
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  Speaker 1: silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty
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  Speaker 1: way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,
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  Speaker 1: but with the precious blood of Christ alarm, without blemish
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  Speaker 1: or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world,
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  Speaker 1: but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
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  Speaker 1: Through him. You believe in God who raised him from
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  Speaker 1: the dead and glorified him. And so your faith and
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  Speaker 1: hope are in God. Now that you have purified yourselves
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  Speaker 1: by obeying the truth, so that you have sincere love
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  Speaker 1: for each other, love one another deeply from the heart,
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  Speaker 1: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed,
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  Speaker 1: but of imperishable through the living and enduring word of God.
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  Speaker 1: For all people are like grass, and all their glory
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  Speaker 1: is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers
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  Speaker 1: and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: endures forever. And this is the word that was preached
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  Speaker 1: to you one Peter Chapter two. Therefore, rid yourselves of
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  Speaker 1: all mass and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of
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  Speaker 1: every kind. Like new born babies, crave pure spiritual milk,
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  Speaker 1: so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Now that you have tasted that the Lord is good,
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  Speaker 1: has you come to him the living stone, rejected by humans,
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  Speaker 1: but chosen by God and precious to Him. You, also,
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  Speaker 1: like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house
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  Speaker 1: to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
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  Speaker 1: God through Jesus Christ. For in scripture it says, see
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  Speaker 1: I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious
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  Speaker 1: corner stone, and the one who trusts in him will
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  Speaker 1: never be put to shame. Now to you who believe
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  Speaker 1: this stone is precious But to those who do not believe,
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  Speaker 1: the stone the builders rejected has become a corner stone,
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  Speaker 1: a stone that causes people to stump, and a rock
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  Speaker 1: that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message,
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  Speaker 1: which is also what they were destined for. But you
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  Speaker 1: are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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  Speaker 1: God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of
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  Speaker 1: Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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  Speaker 1: Once you were not a people, but now you are
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  Speaker 1: the people of God. Once you would not receive mercy,
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  Speaker 1: but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you,
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  Speaker 1: as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires which
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  Speaker 1: wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among
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  Speaker 1: the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong,
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  Speaker 1: they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
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  Speaker 1: the day he visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: sake to every human authority, whether to the Emperor as
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  Speaker 1: the supreme authority, or to governors who are sent by him,
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  Speaker 1: to punish those who do wrong and to commend those
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  Speaker 1: who do right. For it is God's will that by
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  Speaker 1: doing good, You should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
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  Speaker 1: Live as free people, but do not use your freedom
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  Speaker 1: as a cover up for evil. Live as God's slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Show proper respect to everyone, Love the family of believers,
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  Speaker 1: Fear God, honor of the Emperor. Slaves in reverent fear
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  Speaker 1: of God. Submit yourselves to your masters, not only to
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  Speaker 1: those who are good and considerate, but also to those
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  Speaker 1: who are harsh. For it is commendable if someone bears
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  Speaker 1: up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are
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  Speaker 1: conscious of God. But how is it to your credit
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  Speaker 1: if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it.
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  Speaker 1: But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it.
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  Speaker 1: This is common before God. To this you were called
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  Speaker 1: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that
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  Speaker 1: you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin
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  Speaker 1: and no Deceit was found in his mouth when they
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  Speaker 1: hurled their insults at him. He did not retaliate when
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  Speaker 1: he suffered. He made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself
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  Speaker 1: to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins
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  Speaker 1: in his body of macras, so that we might die
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  Speaker 1: to sins. And live for righteousness. By His wounds, you
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  Speaker 1: have been healed, for you were like sheep going astray,
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  Speaker 1: But now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer
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  Speaker 1: of your souls one Peter, Chapter three. Wives, in the
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  Speaker 1: same way, submitted yourselves to your own husbands, so that
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  Speaker 1: if any of them do not believe the word, they
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  Speaker 1: may be won over without words by the behavior of
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  Speaker 1: their wives when they see the purity and reverence of
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  Speaker 1: your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
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  Speaker 1: such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold, jewelry
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  Speaker 1: or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your
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  Speaker 1: inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
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  Speaker 1: which is of great worth in God's sight. For this
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  Speaker 1: is the way the holy women of the past, who
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  Speaker 1: put their hope in God, used to adorn themselves. They
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  Speaker 1: submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed
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  Speaker 1: Abraham and called him a lord. You are her daughters.
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  Speaker 1: If you do what is right and do not give
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  Speaker 1: way to fear husbands. In the same way, be considerate
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  Speaker 1: as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect.
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  Speaker 1: As the weaker partner, and this errs with you of
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  Speaker 1: the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder
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  Speaker 1: your prayers. Finally, all of you, be like minded, be sympathetic,
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  Speaker 1: love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay
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  Speaker 1: evil with evil, or insult with insult. On the contrary,
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  Speaker 1: repay evil with blessing. Because to this you were called,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may inherit a blessing. For whoever would
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  Speaker 1: love life and see good days must keep their tongue
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  Speaker 1: from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must
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  Speaker 1: turn from evil and do good. They must seek peace
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  Speaker 1: and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are
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  Speaker 1: on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer.
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  Speaker 1: That the face of the Lord is against those who
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  Speaker 1: do evil. Who is going to harm you if you
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  Speaker 1: are eager to do good, But even if you should
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  Speaker 1: suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not
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  Speaker 1: fear their threats. Do not be frightened. But in your
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  Speaker 1: hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give
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  Speaker 1: an answer to everyone who asks you to give the
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  Speaker 1: reason for the hope that you have. For Do this
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  Speaker 1: with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that
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  Speaker 1: those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ
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  Speaker 1: may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better,
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  Speaker 1: if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good
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  Speaker 1: than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for
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  Speaker 1: sins the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
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  Speaker 1: He was put to death in the body, but made
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  Speaker 1: alive in the spirit. After being made alive, he went
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  Speaker 1: and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits, to those who
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  Speaker 1: were disobedient long ago, when God waited patiently in the
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  Speaker 1: days of Noah, while the ark was being built in it,
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  Speaker 1: only a few people eight in all, were saved through water.
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  Speaker 1: And this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also,
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  Speaker 1: not the removal of dirt from the body, but the
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  Speaker 1: pledge of a clear conscience towards God. It saves you
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  Speaker 1: by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into
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  Speaker 1: heaven and is a God's right hand with angels, authorities,
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  Speaker 1: and powers in submission to him one Peter Chapter four. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with
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  Speaker 1: the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has
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  Speaker 1: finished with sin. As a result, they do not live
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  Speaker 1: the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,
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  Speaker 1: but rather for the will of God. For you have
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  Speaker 1: spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose
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  Speaker 1: to do, living in debauchure, lust, drunkenness, orges, carousing, and
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  Speaker 1: detestable idolatry. They are surprised that you do not join
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  Speaker 1: them in their reckless wild living and their heap abuse
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  Speaker 1: on you. But they will have to give an account
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  Speaker 1: to him who is ready to judge the living and
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  Speaker 1: the dead. For this reason, the Gospel was preached even
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  Speaker 1: to those who are now dead, so that they might
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  Speaker 1: be judged according to human standards in regard to the
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  Speaker 1: body that live, according to God in regard to the spirit.
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  Speaker 1: The end of things is near. Therefore, be a lad
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  Speaker 1: and of sober mind, so that you may pray. Above all,
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  Speaker 1: love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude
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  Speaker 1: of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each
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  Speaker 1: of you should use whatever gift you have received to
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  Speaker 1: serve others, thus faithful stewards of God's grace in its
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  Speaker 1: various forms. If any anyone speaks, they should do so
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  Speaker 1: as one who speaks the very words of God. If
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  Speaker 1: any one serves, they should do so with the strength
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  Speaker 1: God provides, so that in all things God may be
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  Speaker 1: praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and
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  Speaker 1: the path for ever and ever. Amen, dear friends, do
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  Speaker 1: not be surprised at the fiery or deal that has
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  Speaker 1: come on you to test you, as though something strange
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  Speaker 1: were happening to you, But rejoice inasmuch as you participate
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  Speaker 1: in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be
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  Speaker 1: overjoyed when His glory is revealed. If you are insulted
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  Speaker 1: because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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  Speaker 1: If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer
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  Speaker 1: or thief, or any other kind of criminal, or even
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  Speaker 1: as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian,
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  Speaker 1: do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear
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  Speaker 1: that name. Or it is time for judgment to begin
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  Speaker 1: with God's household. And if it begins with us, what
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  Speaker 1: will the outcome be for those who do not obey
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  Speaker 1: the gospel of God? And if it is hard for
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  Speaker 1: the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly?
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  Speaker 1: And the sinner. So then those who suffer according to
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  Speaker 1: God's will should commit themselves to their faithful creator and
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  Speaker 1: continue to do good One Peter Chapter five. To the
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  Speaker 1: elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and
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  Speaker 1: a witness of Christ's sufferings, who also will share in
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  Speaker 1: the glory to be revealed. Be shepherds of God's flock,
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  Speaker 1: but is under your care watching over them. Not because
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  Speaker 1: you must, but because you are willing as God wants
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  Speaker 1: you to be, not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve,
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  Speaker 1: not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being
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  Speaker 1: examples to the flow. And when the chief shepherd appears,
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  Speaker 1: you will receive the crown of glory that will never
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  Speaker 1: fade away. In the same way, you who are younger,
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves to your elders. All of you clothe yourselves
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  Speaker 1: with humility towards one another. Becomes God opposes the proud,
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  Speaker 1: but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore, under
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  Speaker 1: God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in
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  Speaker 1: due time, cast all your anxiety on him, because He
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  Speaker 1: cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy,
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  Speaker 1: the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
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  Speaker 1: someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith,
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  Speaker 1: because you know that the family of believers throughout the
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  Speaker 1: world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the
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  Speaker 1: God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
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  Speaker 1: glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,
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  Speaker 1: will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
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  Speaker 1: To Him be the power, the Ether and other Amen.
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  Speaker 1: With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a
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  Speaker 1: faithful brother, I've written to you briefly encouraging you and
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  Speaker 1: testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand
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  Speaker 1: fast in it. She who is in Babylon chosen together
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  Speaker 1: with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my
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  Speaker 1: son Mark. Greet one another with a kiss of love.
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  Speaker 1: Peace to all of you who are in Christ. Now
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  Speaker 1: we begin Second Peter, the continuation of Peter's epistles to
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  Speaker 1: Peter two Peter, Chapter one Simon Peter, a servant and
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  Speaker 1: apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who, through the righteousness
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  Speaker 1: of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have received a
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  Speaker 1: faith as precious as ours. Grace and peace be yours
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  Speaker 1: in abundance. Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: our Lord, his divine power, has given us everything we
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  Speaker 1: need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him
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  Speaker 1: who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through
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  Speaker 1: these he has given us his very great and precious promises,
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  Speaker 1: so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,
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  Speaker 1: having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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  Speaker 1: For this very reason, make every effort to add to
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  Speaker 1: your faith goodness and to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: self control and to self control, perseverance and to perseverance,
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  Speaker 1: Godliness and to Godliness, mutual affection and to mutual affection love.
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  Speaker 1: For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they
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  Speaker 1: will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not
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  Speaker 1: have them is short sighted and blind, forgetting that they
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  Speaker 1: have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,
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  Speaker 1: for if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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  Speaker 1: and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So I
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  Speaker 1: will always remind you of these things, even though you
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  Speaker 1: know them and affirmly established in the truth you now have.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is right to refresh your memory as
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  Speaker 1: long as I live in the tent of this body,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that I will soon put it aside
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  Speaker 1: as our Lord Jesus Christ has made cure to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I will make every effort to see that after
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  Speaker 1: my departure, you will always be able to remember these things.
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  Speaker 1: For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we
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  Speaker 1: told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: in power, but we were eye witnesses of his majesty.
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  Speaker 1: He received honor and glory from God the Father when
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  Speaker 1: the voice came to him from the majestic Glory, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is my son whom I love. With him, I
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  Speaker 1: am well pleased. We ourselves heard this voice that came
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  Speaker 1: from heaven when we were with him on the Sacred Mountain.
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  Speaker 1: We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,
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  Speaker 1: and you will do well to pay attention to it.
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  Speaker 1: As to a light shining in a dark place until
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  Speaker 1: the day dawns in the morning, star rises in your hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture
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  Speaker 1: came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things, never
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  Speaker 1: had its origin in the human will. But prophets, though human,
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  Speaker 1: spoke from God as they were carried along by the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to Peter chapter two. But there were also
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  Speaker 1: false prophets among the people, just as there will be
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  Speaker 1: false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresses,
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  Speaker 1: even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing swift
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  Speaker 1: destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and
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  Speaker 1: will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed,
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  Speaker 1: these teachers would exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation
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  Speaker 1: has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has
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  Speaker 1: not been sleeping. For if God did not spare angels
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  Speaker 1: when they send but sent them to Hell, putting them
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  Speaker 1: in chains of darkness to be held for judgment. If
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  Speaker 1: he did not spare the ancient world when he brought
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  Speaker 1: the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a
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  Speaker 1: preacher of righteousness, and serven others. If he condemned the
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  Speaker 1: cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,
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  Speaker 1: and made them an example of what is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen to the ungodly if he rescued Lot a righteous
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  Speaker 1: man who is distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless.
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  Speaker 1: For that righteous man, living among them day after day,
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  Speaker 1: was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds
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  Speaker 1: he saw in Hernat. If this is so, then the
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  Speaker 1: Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and
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  Speaker 1: to hold the unrighteous the punishment on the day of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt
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  Speaker 1: desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant,
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  Speaker 1: they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings.
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  Speaker 1: Yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,
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  Speaker 1: do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment
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  Speaker 1: on them from the Lord. But these people bless theme
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  Speaker 1: in matters. They do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals,
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  Speaker 1: creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed,
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  Speaker 1: and like animals, they too will perish. They will be
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  Speaker 1: paid back with harm for the harm they've done. Their
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  Speaker 1: idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They
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  Speaker 1: are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they
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  Speaker 1: feast with you with eyes full of adultery. They never
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  Speaker 1: stop sinning. They seduce the young stable their experts in
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  Speaker 1: greed and accursed brood. They have left the straight way
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  Speaker 1: and wandered off to follow the way of Belan, son
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  Speaker 1: of Beeza, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he
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  Speaker 1: was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey, an animal
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  Speaker 1: without speech, who spoke with a human voice and restrained
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  Speaker 1: the prophet's madness. These people are springs without water and
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  Speaker 1: mists driven by a dawn blackest darkness is reserved for them,
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  Speaker 1: for they mouth empty, boastful words, and by appealing to
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  Speaker 1: the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who
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  Speaker 1: are just escaping from those who live in error. They
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  Speaker 1: promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity,
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  Speaker 1: for people are slaves to whatever has mastered them. This
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  Speaker 1: they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing
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  Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again entangled
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  Speaker 1: in it and are overcome. They're worse off at the
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  Speaker 1: end than they were at the beginning. It would have
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  Speaker 1: been better for them not to have known the way
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness, than to have known it, and then to
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  Speaker 1: turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed
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  Speaker 1: on to them. Of them, the proverbs are true. A
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  Speaker 1: dog returns to its vomit, and a sow that is
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  Speaker 1: washed returns to her wallowing. In the Mud to Peter
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  Speaker 1: chapter three, Dear friends, this is now my second letter
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  Speaker 1: to you. I have written both of them as remind
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  Speaker 1: us to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you
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  Speaker 1: to recall the words spoken in the past by the
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  Speaker 1: holy prophets, and the command given by our Lord and
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  Speaker 1: Savior through your apostles. Above all, you must understand that
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  Speaker 1: in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following
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  Speaker 1: their own evil desires. They will say, where is this coming?
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  Speaker 1: He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on
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  Speaker 1: as it has since the beginning of creation. But they
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  Speaker 1: deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word, the heavens
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  Speaker 1: came into being, and the earth was formed out of water,
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  Speaker 1: and by water by these waters, also the world of
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  Speaker 1: that time was beluged and destroyed by the same word.
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  Speaker 1: The present heavensome earth are reserved for fire being kept
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  Speaker 1: for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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  Speaker 1: But do not forget this one thing, dear friends. With
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and
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  Speaker 1: a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is
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  Speaker 1: not slow in keeping his promises. Some understand slowness. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he is patient with you, not wanting any one to perish,
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  Speaker 1: but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord will come lack a thief. The heavens will
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  Speaker 1: disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire,
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  Speaker 1: and the earth and everything done in it will be
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  Speaker 1: laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of people ought you to be? You ought
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  Speaker 1: to live holy and godly lives. As you look forward
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  Speaker 1: to the Day of God and speed its coming. That
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  Speaker 1: day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire,
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  Speaker 1: and the elements will melt and nahast. But in keeping
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  Speaker 1: with his promise, we are looking forward to a new
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  Speaker 1: heaven and a new Earth where righteousness dwells. So, then,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make
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  Speaker 1: every effort to be found spotless, blameness and at peace
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  Speaker 1: with Him. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you
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  Speaker 1: with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the
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  Speaker 1: same way in all his letters, speaking in them of
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  Speaker 1: these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard
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  Speaker 1: to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they
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  Speaker 1: do the other scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends,
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  Speaker 1: since you have been forewarned, beyond your guard, so that
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  Speaker 1: you may not be carried away by the error of
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  Speaker 1: the lawless and fall from your secure position, but grow
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  Speaker 1: in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and forever. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: First Peter is about hope and holiness in a hostile environment.
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  Speaker 1: It's written to believers scattered across regions of Asia Minor,
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  Speaker 1: reminding them there sojourners slash exiles whose real citizenship is
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  Speaker 1: with God. The letter urges endurance, non retaliation, honorable public life,
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  Speaker 1: and confidence in Christ's victory, with a strong focus on
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  Speaker 1: community identity. Second Peter is a final, urgent letter written
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  Speaker 1: to keep believers steady when the faith starts getting diluted.
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  Speaker 1: Its main theme is spiritual maturity under pressure. Don't just believe,
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  Speaker 1: grow add to faith, virtue, knowledge, self control, perseverance, godliness,
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  Speaker 1: brotherly affection, and love. Real Christianity produces a changed life,
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  Speaker 1: not just a label. A big warning runs through the letter.
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  Speaker 1: False teachers will show up sounding confident and free, but
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  Speaker 1: they use faith as an excuse for ego, greed, and pleasure.
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  Speaker 1: Peter's point is simple. Their message looks liberating, but it enslaves.
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  Speaker 1: Then it tackles the question people always ask, if God
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  Speaker 1: is real, why hasn't Christ returned yet? Second, Peter answers,
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  Speaker 1: God isn't slow, He's patient. The delay is mercy, giving
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  Speaker 1: people time to repent. But the day of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: will come and it will be sudden. So the takeaway
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  Speaker 1: is clear, Stay grounded in truth, resist corruption, and live ready, clean, steady,
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  Speaker 1: and awake, because God's time is not your Timing one
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  Speaker 1: Peter one Peter, Chapter one Peter, an apostle of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ to God's elect exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
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  Speaker 1: and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In
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  Speaker 1: his great mercy, He has given us new birth into
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  Speaker 1: a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
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  Speaker 1: the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil,
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  Speaker 1: or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
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  Speaker 1: who through faith is shielded by God's power until the
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  Speaker 1: coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed
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  Speaker 1: in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice,
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  Speaker 1: though now for a little while you may have had
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  Speaker 1: to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have
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  Speaker 1: come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of
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  Speaker 1: greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire,
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  Speaker 1: may result in praise, glory, and honor. When Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: is revealed, though you have not seen him, you love him,
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  Speaker 1: And even though you do not see him now you
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  Speaker 1: believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
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  Speaker 1: glorious joy. For you are receiving the end result of
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  Speaker 1: your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation,
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  Speaker 1: the prophets who spoke of the grace that was to
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  Speaker 1: come to you searched intently and with the greatest care,
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  Speaker 1: trying to find out the time and circumstances to which
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he
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  Speaker 1: predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that
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  Speaker 1: would follow. It was revealed to them that they were
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  Speaker 1: not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the
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  Speaker 1: things that have now been told you by those who
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  Speaker 1: have preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your
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  Speaker 1: hope on the grace to be brought to you when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children,
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  Speaker 1: do not conform to the evil desires you had when
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  Speaker 1: you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called
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  Speaker 1: you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
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  Speaker 1: for it is written, Be holy because I am holy.
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  Speaker 1: Since you call on a father who judges each person's work,
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  Speaker 1: impartially live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
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  Speaker 1: For you know that it was not with perishable things
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  Speaker 1: such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from
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  Speaker 1: the empty way of life handed down to you from
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  Speaker 1: your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ alarm,
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  Speaker 1: without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation
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  Speaker 1: of the world, but was revealed in these last times
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  Speaker 1: for your sake. Through him, you believe in God who
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead and glorified him. And so
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  Speaker 1: your faith and hope are in God. Now that you
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  Speaker 1: have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you
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  Speaker 1: have sincere love for each other. Love one another deeply
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  Speaker 1: from the heart, for you have been born again, not
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  Speaker 1: of perishable seed, but of imperishable through the living and
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  Speaker 1: enduring word of God. For all people are like grass,
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  Speaker 1: and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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  Speaker 1: The grass withers and the flowers form, But the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word
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  Speaker 1: that was preached to you one Peter Chapter two. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all mass and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
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  Speaker 1: and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies crave pure
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  Speaker 1: spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up
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  Speaker 1: in your salvation. Now that you have tasted that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is good, as you come to him. The livingstone,
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  Speaker 1: rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him. You, also,
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  Speaker 1: like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house
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  Speaker 1: to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
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  Speaker 1: God through Jesus Christ. For in scripture it says, see
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  Speaker 1: I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious
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  Speaker 1: corner stone, and the one who trusts in him will
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  Speaker 1: never be put to shame. Now to you who believe,
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  Speaker 1: this stone is precious, but to those who do not believe,
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  Speaker 1: the stone the builders rejected has become a corner stone,
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  Speaker 1: a stone that causes people to stumble, and a rock
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  Speaker 1: that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message,
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  Speaker 1: which is also what they were destined for. But you
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  Speaker 1: are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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  Speaker 1: God's special possession. That you may declare the praises of
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  Speaker 1: Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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  Speaker 1: Once you were not a people, but now you are
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  Speaker 1: the people of God. Once you would not receive mercy,
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  Speaker 1: But now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you,
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  Speaker 1: as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires which
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  Speaker 1: wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among
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  Speaker 1: the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong,
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  Speaker 1: they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
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  Speaker 1: the day he visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: sake to every human authority, whether to the Emperor as
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  Speaker 1: the supreme authority, or to governors who are sent by him,
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  Speaker 1: to punish those who do wrong and to commend those
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  Speaker 1: who do right. For it is God's will that by
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  Speaker 1: doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
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  Speaker 1: Live as free people, but do not use your freedom
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  Speaker 1: as a cover up for evil. Live as God's slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Show proper respect to every one, Love the family of believers,
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  Speaker 1: Fear God, honor of the Emperor. Slaves in reverent fear
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  Speaker 1: of God. Submit yourselves to your masters, not only to
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  Speaker 1: those who are good and considerate, but also to those
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  Speaker 1: who are harsh. For it is commendable if someone bears
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  Speaker 1: up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are
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  Speaker 1: conscious of God. But how is it to your credit
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  Speaker 1: if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it.
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  Speaker 1: But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it,
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  Speaker 1: this is commendable before God. To this you were called
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  Speaker 1: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that
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  Speaker 1: you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin
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  Speaker 1: and no deceit was found in his mouth when they
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  Speaker 1: hurled their insultsed him. He did not retaliate when he suffered.
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  Speaker 1: He made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him
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  Speaker 1: who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his
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  Speaker 1: body on macrass, so that we might die to sins
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  Speaker 1: and live for righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed,
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  Speaker 1: for you were like sheep going astray. But now you
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  Speaker 1: have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls
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  Speaker 1: One Peter, Chapter three. Wives, in the same way, submit
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  Speaker 1: yourselves to your own husbands, so that if any of
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  Speaker 1: them do not believe the word, they may be won
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  Speaker 1: over without words by the behavior of their wives when
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  Speaker 1: they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your
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  Speaker 1: beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate
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  Speaker 1: hairstyles and the wearing of gold, jewelry or fine clothes. Rather,
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  Speaker 1: it should be that of your inner selves, the unfading
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  Speaker 1: beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of
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  Speaker 1: great worth in God's sight. For this is the way
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  Speaker 1: the holy women of the past, who put their hope
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  Speaker 1: in God, used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to
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  Speaker 1: their own husbands, Like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called
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  Speaker 1: him her lord, you are her daughters. If you do
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  Speaker 1: what is right and do not give way to fear husbands.
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  Speaker 1: In the same way, be considerate as you live with
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  Speaker 1: your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner.
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  Speaker 1: And this errs with you of the gracious gift of life,
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  Speaker 1: so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Finally, all of you,
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  Speaker 1: be like minded, Be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate
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  Speaker 1: and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult
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  Speaker 1: with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing. Because
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  Speaker 1: to this you were called, so that you may inherit
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  Speaker 1: a blessing. For whoever would love life and see good
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  Speaker 1: days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips
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  Speaker 1: from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good.
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  Speaker 1: They must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears
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  Speaker 1: are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is a gainst those who do evil. Who is
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  Speaker 1: going to harm you if you are eager to do good,
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  Speaker 1: But even if you should suffer for what is right,
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  Speaker 1: you are blessed. Do not fear their threats. Do not
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  Speaker 1: be frightened. But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who
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  Speaker 1: asks you to give the reason for the hope that
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  Speaker 1: you have for Do this with gentleness and respect, keeping
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  Speaker 1: a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against
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  Speaker 1: your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
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  Speaker 1: For it is better, if it is God's will, to
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  Speaker 1: suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ
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  Speaker 1: also suffered once for sins the righteous for the unrighteous,
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  Speaker 1: to bring you to God. He was put to death
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  Speaker 1: in the body, but made alive in the spirit. After
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  Speaker 1: being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the
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  Speaker 1: imprisoned spirits, to those who were disobedient. Long ago, when
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  Speaker 1: God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the
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  Speaker 1: ark was being built in it only a few people
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  Speaker 1: eight in all, were saved through water. And this water
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  Speaker 1: symbolizes baptism that now saves you also, not the removal
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  Speaker 1: of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a
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  Speaker 1: clear conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is
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  Speaker 1: a God's right hand with angels, authorities, and powers in
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  Speaker 1: submission to him one Peter chapter four. Therefore, since Christ
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  Speaker 1: suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude,
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  Speaker 1: because whoever suffers in the body has finished with sin.
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  Speaker 1: As a result, they do not live the rest of
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  Speaker 1: their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for
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  Speaker 1: the will of God. For you have spent enough time
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  Speaker 1: in the past doing what pagans choose to do, living
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  Speaker 1: in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orges, carousing, and detestable idolatry. They
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  Speaker 1: are surprised that you do not join them in their
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  Speaker 1: reckless wild living, and they heap abuse on you. But
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  Speaker 1: they will have to give an account to him who
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  Speaker 1: is ready to judge the living and the dead. For
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  Speaker 1: this reason, the Gospel was preached even to those who
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  Speaker 1: are now dead, so that they might be judged according
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  Speaker 1: to human standards in regard to the body, but live
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  Speaker 1: according to God in regard to the spirit. The end
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  Speaker 1: of things is near. Therefore be a lad and of
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  Speaker 1: sober mind, so that you may pray above all, Love
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  Speaker 1: each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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  Speaker 1: Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you
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  Speaker 1: should use whatever gift you have received to serve others
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  Speaker 1: as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.
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  Speaker 1: If any one speaks, they should do so as one
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  Speaker 1: who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves,
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  Speaker 1: they should do so with the strength God provides, so
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  Speaker 1: that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: To him be the glory and the path for ever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. Amen. Dear friends, do not be surprised at
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  Speaker 1: the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you,
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  Speaker 1: as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice
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  Speaker 1: inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.
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  Speaker 1: If you are insulted. Because of the name of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of
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  Speaker 1: God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not
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  Speaker 1: be as a murderer or thief, or any other kind
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  Speaker 1: of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you
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  Speaker 1: suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise
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  Speaker 1: God that you bear that name. For it is time
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  Speaker 1: for judgment to begin with God's household. And if it
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  Speaker 1: begins with us, what will the outcome be for those
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  Speaker 1: who do not obey the gospel of God? And if
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  Speaker 1: it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what
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  Speaker 1: will become of the ungodly and the sinner? So then
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  Speaker 1: those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves
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  Speaker 1: to their faithful creator and continue to do good. One
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  Speaker 1: Peter chapter five. To the elders among you, I appeal
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  Speaker 1: as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings,
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  Speaker 1: who also will share in the glory to be revealed.
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  Speaker 1: Be shepherds of God's flock. But is under your care
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  Speaker 1: watching over them, not because you must, but because you
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  Speaker 1: are willing as God wants you to be, not pursuing
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  Speaker 1: dishonest gain but eager to serve, not lording it over
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  Speaker 1: those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
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  Speaker 1: And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the
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  Speaker 1: crown of glory that will never fade away. In the
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  Speaker 1: same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.
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  Speaker 1: All of you clothe yourselves with humility towards us. Another becomes.
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  Speaker 1: God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble.
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  Speaker 1: Humble yourselves therefore under God's mighty hand, that he may
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  Speaker 1: lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety
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  Speaker 1: on him, because he cares for you. Be alert and
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  Speaker 1: of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil prowls around like
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  Speaker 1: a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Resist him,
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  Speaker 1: standing firm in the faith, because you know that the
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  Speaker 1: family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same
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  Speaker 1: kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who
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  Speaker 1: called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you
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  Speaker 1: have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and
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  Speaker 1: make you strong, firm and steadfast to Him be the Power,
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  Speaker 1: the ever and ever Amen. With the help of Silas,
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  Speaker 1: whom I regard as a faithful brother, I've written to
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  Speaker 1: you briefly encouraging you and testifying that this is the
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  Speaker 1: true grace of God. Stand fast in it. She who
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  Speaker 1: is in Babylon chosen together with you, sends you her greetings,
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  Speaker 1: and so does my son Mark. Greet one another with
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  Speaker 1: a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who
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  Speaker 1: are in Christ. Two Peter two Peter, Chapter one, Simon Peter,
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  Speaker 1: a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who,
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  Speaker 1: through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: have received a faith as precious as ours. Grace and
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  Speaker 1: peace be yours in abundance. Through the knowledge of God
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  Speaker 1: and of Jesus our Lord, his divine power has given
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  Speaker 1: us everything we need for a godly life through our
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory
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  Speaker 1: and goodness. Through these he has given us his very
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  Speaker 1: great and precious promises, so that through them you may
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  Speaker 1: participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in
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  Speaker 1: the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason,
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  Speaker 1: make every effort to add to your faith goodness and
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  Speaker 1: to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge, self control and to
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  Speaker 1: self control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness and to godliness,
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  Speaker 1: mutual affection and to mutual affection love. For if you
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  Speaker 1: possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you
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  Speaker 1: from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is
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  Speaker 1: shortsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from
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  Speaker 1: their past sins. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every
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  Speaker 1: effort to confie firm your calling and election. For if
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  Speaker 1: you do these things, you will never stumble, and you
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  Speaker 1: will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of
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  Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So I will always
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  Speaker 1: remind you of these things, even though you know them
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  Speaker 1: and affirmly established in the truth you now have. I
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  Speaker 1: think it is right to refresh your memory as long
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  Speaker 1: as I live in the tent of this body, because
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  Speaker 1: I know that I will soon put it aside as
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  Speaker 1: our Lord Jesus Christ has made here to me, and
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  Speaker 1: I will make every effort to see that after my departure,
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  Speaker 1: you will always be able to remember these things. For
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  Speaker 1: we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told
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  Speaker 1: you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power.
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  Speaker 1: But we were eye witnesses of his majesty. He received
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  Speaker 1: honor and glory from God the Father, when the voice
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  Speaker 1: came to him from the majestic Glory, saying, this is
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  Speaker 1: my son whom I love with him, I am well pleased.
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  Speaker 1: We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when
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  Speaker 1: we were with him on the sacred mountain. We also
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  Speaker 1: have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you
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  Speaker 1: will do well to pay attention to it as to
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  Speaker 1: a light shining in a dark place, until the day
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  Speaker 1: dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all,
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  Speaker 1: you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about
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  Speaker 1: by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never
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  Speaker 1: had its origin in the human will. But prophets, though human,
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  Speaker 1: spoke from God as they were carried along by the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit two Peter, chapter two. But there were also
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  Speaker 1: false prophets among the people, just as there will be
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  Speaker 1: false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresses,
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  Speaker 1: even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing swift
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  Speaker 1: destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and
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  Speaker 1: will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed,
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  Speaker 1: these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation
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  Speaker 1: has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has
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  Speaker 1: not been sleeping. For if God did not spare angels
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  Speaker 1: when they send, but sent them to hell, putting them
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  Speaker 1: in chains of darkness to be held for judgment. If
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  Speaker 1: he did not spare the ancient world when he brought
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  Speaker 1: the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a
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  Speaker 1: preacher of righteousness, and serveent others. If he condemned the
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  Speaker 1: cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,
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  Speaker 1: and made them an example of what is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen to the ungodly. If he rescued Lot, a righteous
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  Speaker 1: man who is distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
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  Speaker 1: For that righteous man, living among them day after day,
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  Speaker 1: was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds
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  Speaker 1: he saw in herned. If this is so, then the
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  Speaker 1: Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and
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  Speaker 1: to hold the unrighteous the punishment on the day of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt
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  Speaker 1: desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant,
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  Speaker 1: they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings.
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  Speaker 1: Yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,
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  Speaker 1: do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment
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  Speaker 1: on them from the Lord. But these people blaspheme in
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  Speaker 1: matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals,
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  Speaker 1: creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed,
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  Speaker 1: and like animals, they too will perish. They will be
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  Speaker 1: paid back with harm for the harm they have done.
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  Speaker 1: Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
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  Speaker 1: They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while
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  Speaker 1: they feast with you with eyes full of adultery. They
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  Speaker 1: never stop sinning. They seduce the young, stable their experts
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  Speaker 1: in greed and accursed brood. They have left the straight
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  Speaker 1: way and wandered off to follow the way of Belan,
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  Speaker 1: son of Beeza, who loved the wages of wickedness. But
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  Speaker 1: he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey, an
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  Speaker 1: animal without speech, who spoke with a human voice and
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  Speaker 1: restrained the prophet's madness. These people are springs without water
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  Speaker 1: and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved
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  Speaker 1: for them, for they mouth empty, boastful words, And by
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  Speaker 1: appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice
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  Speaker 1: people who are just escaping from those who live in error.
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  Speaker 1: They promise them freedom, while they themselves as slaves of depravity.
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  Speaker 1: For people are slaves to whatever has mandrust at them.
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  Speaker 1: If they have escaped the corruption of the world by
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  Speaker 1: knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again
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  Speaker 1: entangled in it and are overcome, they're worse off at
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  Speaker 1: the end than they were at the beginning. It would
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  Speaker 1: have been better for them not to have known the
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  Speaker 1: way of righteousness than to have known it and then
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  Speaker 1: to turn their backs on the sacred command that was
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  Speaker 1: passed on to them. Of them, the proverbs are true.
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  Speaker 1: A dog returns to its vomit, and a sow that
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  Speaker 1: is washed returns to her wallowing in the mug to
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  Speaker 1: Peter chapter three, Dear friends, this is now my second
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  Speaker 1: letter to you. I have written both of them as
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  Speaker 1: remind us to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want
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  Speaker 1: you to recall the words spoken in the past by
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  Speaker 1: the Holy prophets and the command given by our Lord
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  Speaker 1: and Savior through your apostles. Above all, you must understand
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  Speaker 1: that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and
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  Speaker 1: following their own evil desires. They will say, where is
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  Speaker 1: this coming? He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything
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  Speaker 1: goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.
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  Speaker 1: But they deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word,
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  Speaker 1: the heavens came into being, and the earth was formed
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  Speaker 1: out of water, and by water. By these waters. Also
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  Speaker 1: the world of that time was beluged and destroyed by
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  Speaker 1: the same word. The present heavens and earth are reserved
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  Speaker 1: for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and
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  Speaker 1: destruction of the unbodly. But do not forget this one thing,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends. With the Lord, a day is like a
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  Speaker 1: thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as
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  Speaker 1: some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not
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  Speaker 1: wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
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  Speaker 1: But the day of the Lord will come lack a thief,
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  Speaker 1: the heavens will disappear with a roar. The elements will
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  Speaker 1: be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done
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  Speaker 1: in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be
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  Speaker 1: destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you
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  Speaker 1: to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.
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  Speaker 1: As you look forward to the day of God and
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  Speaker 1: speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction
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  Speaker 1: of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt
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  Speaker 1: in a heast. But in keeping with his promise, we
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  Speaker 1: are looking forward to a new heaven and a new
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  Speaker 1: Earth where righteousness dwells. So, then, dear friends, since you
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  Speaker 1: are looking forward to this, make every effort to be
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  Speaker 1: found spotless, blameless, and at peace with him. Bear in
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  Speaker 1: mind that our Lord's patience means salvation. Just as our
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  Speaker 1: dear brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom
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  Speaker 1: that God gave him, he writes the same way in
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  Speaker 1: all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His
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  Speaker 1: letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which
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  Speaker 1: ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other scriptures,
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  Speaker 1: to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends, since you have
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  Speaker 1: been forewarned, beyond your guard, so that you may not
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  Speaker 1: be carried away by the error of the lawless, and
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  Speaker 1: fall from your secure position, but grow in the grace
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  Speaker 1: and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To
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  Speaker 1: him be glory both now and forever. Amen. First Peter
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  Speaker 1: is best understood as a real letter from the Apostle Peter,
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  Speaker 1: written in the early sixties a D near the final
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  Speaker 1: stretch of his ministry. It comes from a time when
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  Speaker 1: believers across Asia Minor were facing rising hostility and social pressure,
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  Speaker 1: and Peter is writing as a shepherd, steadying them with hope,
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  Speaker 1: calling them to holiness, and reminding them that suffering doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean God has abandoned them. Second Peter fits naturally a
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  Speaker 1: little later, in that same window, still in the sixties,
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  Speaker 1: a D with the tone of a final charge. Peter
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  Speaker 1: writes as someone conscious that his departure is near, and
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  Speaker 1: he speaks with urgency. Don't be pulled off course by
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  Speaker 1: corrupt teachers, don't lose confidence because Christ hasn't returned yet,
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  Speaker 1: and don't coast spiritually. Instead, grow in virtue, stay anchored
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  Speaker 1: in the apostolic message, and live ready because the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: timing is patient, not absent. One Peter, one Peter, Chapter
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  Speaker 1: one Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ to God's elect
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  Speaker 1: exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cabbadocia, Asia
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  Speaker 1: and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with His blood.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In
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  Speaker 1: his great mercy, He has given us new birth into
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  Speaker 1: a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
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  Speaker 1: the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil,
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  Speaker 1: or fade. This inheritance is kept in heavy for you,
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  Speaker 1: who through faith is shielded by God's power, until the
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  Speaker 1: coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed
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  Speaker 1: in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice,
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  Speaker 1: though now for a little while you may have had
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  Speaker 1: to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have
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  Speaker 1: come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of
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  Speaker 1: greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire,
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  Speaker 1: may result in praise, glory, and honor. When Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him.
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  Speaker 1: And even though you do not see him now, you
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  Speaker 1: believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
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  Speaker 1: glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of
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  Speaker 1: your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation,
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  Speaker 1: the prophets who spoke of the grace that was to
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  Speaker 1: come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
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  Speaker 1: trying to find out the time and circumstances to which
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he
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  Speaker 1: predicted the sufferings at the Messiah and the glories that
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  Speaker 1: would follow. It was revealed to them that they were
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  Speaker 1: not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the
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  Speaker 1: things that have now being told you by those who
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  Speaker 1: have preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your
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  Speaker 1: hope on the grace to be brought to you when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children,
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  Speaker 1: do not conform to the evil desires you had when
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  Speaker 1: you lived in ignorance, but just as he who called
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  Speaker 1: you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
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  Speaker 1: for it is written, be holy because I am holy.
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  Speaker 1: Since you call on a Father who judges each person's work,
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  Speaker 1: impartially live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear,
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  Speaker 1: for you know that it was not with perishable things
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  Speaker 1: such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from
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  Speaker 1: the empty way of life handed down to you from
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  Speaker 1: your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ alarm,
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  Speaker 1: without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation
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  Speaker 1: of the world, but was revealed in these last times
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  Speaker 1: for your sake. Through Him. You believe in God who
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead and glorified him. And so
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  Speaker 1: your faith and hope are in God. Now that you
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  Speaker 1: have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you
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  Speaker 1: have sincere love for each other. Love one another deeply
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  Speaker 1: from the heart, for you have been born again, not
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  Speaker 1: of perishable seed, but of imperishable through the living and
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  Speaker 1: enduring Word of God. For all people are like grass,
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  Speaker 1: and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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  Speaker 1: The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word
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  Speaker 1: that was preached to you one Peter Chapter two. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all mass and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
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  Speaker 1: and slander of every kind. Like new born babies crave
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  Speaker 1: pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow
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  Speaker 1: up in your salvation. Now that you have tasted that
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: the Lord is good, has you come to him the
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  Speaker 1: living stone, rejected by humans, but chosen by God and
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  Speaker 1: precious to him. You all, so like living stones, are
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  Speaker 1: being built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,
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  Speaker 1: offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For
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  Speaker 1: in scripture it says, see I lay a stone in Zion,
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  Speaker 1: a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts
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  Speaker 1: in him will never be put to shame. Now to
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  Speaker 1: you who believe, this stone is precious, but to those
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  Speaker 1: who do not believe, the stone the builders rejected has
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  Speaker 1: become a corner stone, a stone that causes people to stumble,
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  Speaker 1: and a rock that makes them fall. They stumble because
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  Speaker 1: they disobey the message, which is also what they were
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  Speaker 1: destined for. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood,
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  Speaker 1: a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare
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  Speaker 1: the praise of Him who called you out of darkness
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  Speaker 1: into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people,
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  Speaker 1: but now you are the people of God. Once you
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  Speaker 1: would not receive mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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  Speaker 1: Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to
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  Speaker 1: abstain from sinful desires which wage war against your soul.
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  Speaker 1: Live such good lives among the pagans, that though they
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  Speaker 1: accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good
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  Speaker 1: deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
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  Speaker 1: Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human authority,
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  Speaker 1: whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority, or to
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  Speaker 1: governors who are sent by him to punish those who
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  Speaker 1: do wrong and to commend those who do right. For
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  Speaker 1: it is God's will that by doing good you should
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  Speaker 1: silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people,
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  Speaker 1: but do not use your freedom as a hover up
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  Speaker 1: for evil. Live as God's slaves. Show proper respect to everyone,
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  Speaker 1: Love the family of believers, fear God, honor of the Emperor. Slaves,
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  Speaker 1: in reverent fear of God, submit yourselves to your masters,
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  Speaker 1: not only to those who are good and considerate, but
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  Speaker 1: also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable
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  Speaker 1: if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering
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  Speaker 1: because they are conscious of God. But how is it
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  Speaker 1: to your credit if you receive a beating for doing
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  Speaker 1: wrong and endure it. But if you suffer for doing
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  Speaker 1: good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
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  Speaker 1: To this you were called because Christ suffered for you,
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  Speaker 1: leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps.
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  Speaker 1: He committed no sin and no Deceit was found in
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  Speaker 1: his mouth when they hurled their insults at him. He
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  Speaker 1: did not retaliate when he suffered. He made no threats. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself
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  Speaker 1: bore our sins in his body of macras, so that
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  Speaker 1: we might die to sins and live for righteousness. By
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  Speaker 1: his wounds, you have been healed, for you were like
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  Speaker 1: sheep going astray. But now you have returned to the
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  Speaker 1: shepherd and overseer of your souls. One Peter, Chapter three. Wives,
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  Speaker 1: in the same way, submit yourselves to your own husbands,
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  Speaker 1: so that if any of them do not believe the
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  Speaker 1: word they may be won over without words by the
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  Speaker 1: behavior of their wives when they see the purity and
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  Speaker 1: reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from
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  Speaker 1: outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold,
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  Speaker 1: jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of
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  Speaker 1: your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and
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  Speaker 1: quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
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  Speaker 1: For this is the way the holy women of the past,
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  Speaker 1: who put their hope in God, used to adorn themselves.
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  Speaker 1: They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who
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  Speaker 1: obeyed Abraham and called him a lord. You are her daughters,
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  Speaker 1: if you do what is right and do not give
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  Speaker 1: way to fear husbands. In the same way, be considerate
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  Speaker 1: as you live with your wives, and treat them with
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  Speaker 1: respect as the weaker partner. And this errs with you
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  Speaker 1: of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will
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  Speaker 1: hinder your prayers. Finally, all of you, be like minded,
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  Speaker 1: be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do
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  Speaker 1: not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On
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  Speaker 1: the contrary, repay evil with blessing. Because to this you
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  Speaker 1: are called so that you may inherit a blessing. For
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  Speaker 1: whoever would love life and see good days must keep
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  Speaker 1: their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
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  Speaker 1: They must turn from evil and do good. They must
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  Speaker 1: seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive
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  Speaker 1: to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: a gainst those who do evil. Who is going to
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  Speaker 1: harm you if you are eager to do good? But
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  Speaker 1: even if you should suffer for what is right, you
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  Speaker 1: are blessed. Do not fear their threats. Do not be frightened.
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  Speaker 1: But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be
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  Speaker 1: prepared to give an answer to every one who asks
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  Speaker 1: you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
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  Speaker 1: For Do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience,
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  Speaker 1: so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior
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  Speaker 1: in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it
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  Speaker 1: is better if it is God's will to suffer for
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  Speaker 1: doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered
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  Speaker 1: once for sins the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring
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  Speaker 1: you to God. He was put to death in the body,
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  Speaker 1: but made alive in the spirit. After being made alive,
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  Speaker 1: he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits, to
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  Speaker 1: those who were disobedient long ago, when God waited patiently
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  Speaker 1: in the days of Noah, while the ark was being
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  Speaker 1: built in it, only a few people eight in all,
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  Speaker 1: were saved through water. And this water symbolizes baptism that
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  Speaker 1: now saves you also, not the removal of dirt from
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  Speaker 1: the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience towards God.
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  Speaker 1: It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who
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  Speaker 1: has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand
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  Speaker 1: with angels, authorities, and powers in submission to him one
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  Speaker 1: Peter Chapter four. Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,
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  Speaker 1: arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers
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  Speaker 1: in the body has finished with sin. As a result,
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  Speaker 1: they do not live the rest of their earthly lives
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  Speaker 1: for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
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  Speaker 1: For you have spent enough time in the past doing
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  Speaker 1: what pagans choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orges, carousing,
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  Speaker 1: and detestable idolatry. They are surprised that you do not
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  Speaker 1: join them in their reckless wild living, and they heap
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  Speaker 1: abuse on you, But they will have to give an
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  Speaker 1: account to Him who is ready to judge the living
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  Speaker 1: and the dead. For this reason, the Gospel was preached
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  Speaker 1: even to those who are now dead, so that they
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  Speaker 1: might be judged according to human standards in regard to
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  Speaker 1: the body, but live according to God in regard to
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  Speaker 1: the spirit. The end of things is near. Therefore, be
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  Speaker 1: a lad and of sober mind, so that you may pray.
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  Speaker 1: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over
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  Speaker 1: a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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  Speaker 1: Each of you should use whatever gift you have received
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  Speaker 1: to serve others, thus faithful stewards of God's grace in
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  Speaker 1: its various forms. If any one speaks, they should do
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  Speaker 1: so as one who speaks the very words of God.
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  Speaker 1: If any one serves, they should do so with the
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  Speaker 1: strength God provides, so that in all things God may
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  Speaker 1: be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory
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  Speaker 1: and the path for ever and ever. Amen, dear friends,
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  Speaker 1: do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has
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  Speaker 1: come on you to test you, as though something strange
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  Speaker 1: were happening to you, But rejoice inasmuch as you participate
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  Speaker 1: in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be
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  Speaker 1: overjoyed when His glory is revealed. If you are insulted
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  Speaker 1: because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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  Speaker 1: If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer
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  Speaker 1: or thief, or any other kind of criminal, or even
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  Speaker 1: as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian,
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  Speaker 1: do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear
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  Speaker 1: that name. For it is time for judgment to begin
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  Speaker 1: with God's household. And if it begins with us, what
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  Speaker 1: will the outcome be for those who do not obey
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  Speaker 1: the gospel of God? And if it is hard for
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  Speaker 1: the righteous to be saved, what will become of the
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  Speaker 1: ungodly and the sinner? So then those who suffer according
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  Speaker 1: to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful creator
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  Speaker 1: and continue to do good One Peter chapter five. To
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  Speaker 1: the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder
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  Speaker 1: and a witness of Christ's sufferings, who also will share
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  Speaker 1: in the glory to be revealed be shepherds of God's flock,
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  Speaker 1: but is under your care, watching over them. Not because
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  Speaker 1: you must, but because you are willing as God wants
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  Speaker 1: you to be, not pursuing dishonest game, but eager to serve,
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  Speaker 1: not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being
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  Speaker 1: examples to the flock. And when the chief shepherd appears,
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  Speaker 1: you will receive the crown of glory that will never
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  Speaker 1: fade away. In the same way, you who are younger
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves to your elders. All of you clothe yourselves
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  Speaker 1: with humility towards one another. Becomes God. God opposes the proud,
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  Speaker 1: but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore, under
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  Speaker 1: God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in
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  Speaker 1: due time, cast all your anxiety on him because he
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  Speaker 1: cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy,
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  Speaker 1: the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for
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  Speaker 1: someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith,
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  Speaker 1: because you know that the family of believers throughout the
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  Speaker 1: world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the
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  Speaker 1: God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
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  Speaker 1: glory in Christ after you have suffered a little while
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  Speaker 1: will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.
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  Speaker 1: To Him be the power, the Ether and other Amen.
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  Speaker 1: With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a
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  Speaker 1: faithful brother, I've written to you briefly encouraging you and
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  Speaker 1: testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand
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  Speaker 1: fast in it. She who is in Babylon chosen together
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  Speaker 1: with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my
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  Speaker 1: son Mark. Greet one another with a kiss of love.
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  Speaker 1: Peace to all of you who are in Christ. Two
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  Speaker 1: Peter two Peter, Chapter one, Simon Peter, a servant and
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  Speaker 1: apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who, through the righteousness
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  Speaker 1: of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have received a
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  Speaker 1: faith as precious as ours. Grace and peace be yours
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  Speaker 1: in abundance. Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: our Lord, his divine power, has given us everything we
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  Speaker 1: need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him
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  Speaker 1: who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through
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  Speaker 1: these He has given us his very great and precious promises,
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  Speaker 1: so that through them you may participate in the divine nature.
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  Speaker 1: Having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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  Speaker 1: For this very reason, make every effort to add to
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  Speaker 1: your faith goodness and to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: self control and to self control, perseverance and to perseverance,
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  Speaker 1: Godliness and to godliness, mutual affection and to mutual affection love.
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  Speaker 1: For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they
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  Speaker 1: will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not
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  Speaker 1: have them is short sighted and blind, forgetting that they
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  Speaker 1: have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election.
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  Speaker 1: For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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  Speaker 1: and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So I
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  Speaker 1: will always remind you of these things, even though you
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  Speaker 1: know them and affirmly established in the truth you now have.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is right to refresh your memory as
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  Speaker 1: long as I live in the tent of this body,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that I will soon put it aside
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  Speaker 1: as our Lord Jesus Christ has made cure to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I will make every effort to see that after
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  Speaker 1: my departure, you will always be able to remember these things.
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  Speaker 1: For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we
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  Speaker 1: told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: in power, but we were eye witnesses of his majesty.
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  Speaker 1: He received honor and glory from God the Father, when
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  Speaker 1: the voice came to him from the majestic glory, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is my son, whom I love. With him, I
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  Speaker 1: am well pleased. We ourselves heard this voice that came
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  Speaker 1: from heaven when we were with him on the sacred Mountain.
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  Speaker 1: We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,
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  Speaker 1: and you will do well to pay attention to it,
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  Speaker 1: as to a light shining in a dark place, until
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  Speaker 1: the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture
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  Speaker 1: came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For
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  Speaker 1: prophecy never had its origin in the human will. But prophets,
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  Speaker 1: though human, spoke from God as they were carried along
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  Speaker 1: by the Holy Spirit two Peter, chapter two. But there
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  Speaker 1: were also false prophets among the people, just as there
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  Speaker 1: will be false teachers among you, They will secretly in
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  Speaker 1: destructive heresses, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them,
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  Speaker 1: bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved
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  Speaker 1: conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
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  Speaker 1: In their greed, these teachers would exploit you with fabricated stories.
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  Speaker 1: Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their
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  Speaker 1: distruction has not been sleeping. For if God did not
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  Speaker 1: spare angels when they send, but sent them to hell,
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  Speaker 1: putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.
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  Speaker 1: If He did not spare the ancient world when he
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  Speaker 1: brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah,
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  Speaker 1: a preacher of righteousness and servant others. If he condemned
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  Speaker 1: the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,
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  Speaker 1: and made them an example of what is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen to the ungodly. If he rescued Lot, a righteous
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  Speaker 1: man who is distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
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  Speaker 1: For that righteous man, living among them day after day,
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  Speaker 1: was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds
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  Speaker 1: he saw in Hernait. If this is so, then the
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  Speaker 1: Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and
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  Speaker 1: to hold the unrighteous the punishment on the day of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt
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  Speaker 1: desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant,
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  Speaker 1: they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings.
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  Speaker 1: Yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,
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  Speaker 1: do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment
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  Speaker 1: on them from the Lord. But these people blaspheme in
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  Speaker 1: matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals,
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  Speaker 1: creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed,
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  Speaker 1: and like animals, they too will perish. They will be
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  Speaker 1: paid back with harn for the harm they have done.
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  Speaker 1: Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
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  Speaker 1: They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while
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  Speaker 1: they feast with you with eyes full of adultery. They
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  Speaker 1: never stop sinning. They seduce the young, stable their experts
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  Speaker 1: in greed and accursed brood. They have left the straight
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  Speaker 1: way and wandered off to follow the way of Belan,
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  Speaker 1: son of Beeza, who loved the wages of wickedness. But
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  Speaker 1: he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey, an
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  Speaker 1: animal without speech, who spoke with a human voice and
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  Speaker 1: restrained the prophet's madness. These people are springs without water
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  Speaker 1: and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved
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  Speaker 1: for them, for they mouth empty, boastful words, and by
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  Speaker 1: appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice
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  Speaker 1: people who are just escaping from those who live in error.
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  Speaker 1: They promise them freedom, while they themselves as slaves of depravity,
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  Speaker 1: For people are slaves to whatever has mastered them. This
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  Speaker 1: they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing
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  Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again entangled
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  Speaker 1: in it and are overcome. They're worse off at the
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  Speaker 1: end than they were at the beginning. It would have
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  Speaker 1: been better for them not to have known the way
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness than to have known it and then to
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  Speaker 1: turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed
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  Speaker 1: on to them. Of them, the proverbs are true. A
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  Speaker 1: dog returns to its vomit, and a sow that is
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  Speaker 1: washed returns to her wallowing. In the month to Peter
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, Dear friends, this is now my second letter
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  Speaker 1: to you, I have written both of them as remind
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  Speaker 1: us to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you
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  Speaker 1: to recall the words spoken in the past by the
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  Speaker 1: Holy prophets, and the command given by our Lord and
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  Speaker 1: Savior through your apostles. Above all, you must understand that
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  Speaker 1: in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following
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  Speaker 1: their own evil desires. They will say, where is this coming?
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  Speaker 1: He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on
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  Speaker 1: as it has since the beginning of creation. But they
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  Speaker 1: deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word, the heavens
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  Speaker 1: came into being, and the earth was formed out of water,
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  Speaker 1: and by water. By these waters. Also the world of
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  Speaker 1: that time was beluged and destroyed by the same word.
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  Speaker 1: The present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being
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  Speaker 1: kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungottly.
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  Speaker 1: But do not forget this one thing, dear friends. With
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and
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  Speaker 1: a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is
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  Speaker 1: not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he is patient with you, not wanting any one to perish,
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  Speaker 1: but every one to come to repentance. But the day
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens
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  Speaker 1: will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed
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  Speaker 1: by fire, and the earth and everything done in it
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  Speaker 1: will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in
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  Speaker 1: this way, what kind of people ought you to be?
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  Speaker 1: You ought to live holy and godly lives. As you
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  Speaker 1: look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.
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  Speaker 1: That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens
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  Speaker 1: by fire, and the elements will melt in a heast.
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  Speaker 1: But in keeping with His promise, we are looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to a new heaven and a new Earth where righteousness dwells. So, then,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make
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  Speaker 1: every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace
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  Speaker 1: with Him. Bear in mind that our law, God's patience
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  Speaker 1: means salvation. Just as our dear brother Paul also wrote
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  Speaker 1: to you with the wisdom that God gave him, he
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  Speaker 1: writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in
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  Speaker 1: them of these matters. His letters contain some things that
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  Speaker 1: are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort
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  Speaker 1: as they do the other scriptures to their own destruction. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends, since you have been forewarned, beyond your guard,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may not be carried away by the
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  Speaker 1: error of the lawless and fall from your secure position,
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  Speaker 1: but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord
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  Speaker 1: and Savior, Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now
• 1:26:42
  Speaker 1: and forever. Amen one Peter one Peter, Chapter one Peter,
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  Speaker 1: an apostle of Gi Jesus Christ to God's elect exiles
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  Speaker 1: scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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  Speaker 1: who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God
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  Speaker 1: the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to
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  Speaker 1: be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In
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  Speaker 1: his great mercy. He has given us new birth into
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  Speaker 1: a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
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  Speaker 1: the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil,
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  Speaker 1: or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
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  Speaker 1: who through faith is shielded by God's power until the
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  Speaker 1: coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed
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  Speaker 1: in the last time. In all this you greatly ready joyce,
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  Speaker 1: though now for a little while you may have had
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  Speaker 1: to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have
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  Speaker 1: come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of
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  Speaker 1: greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire,
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  Speaker 1: may result in praise, glory, and honor. When Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: is revealed, though you have not seen him, you love him,
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  Speaker 1: And even though you do not see him now you
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  Speaker 1: believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
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  Speaker 1: glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of
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  Speaker 1: your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation,
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  Speaker 1: the prophets who spoke of the grace that was to
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  Speaker 1: come to you, searched intently him with the greatest care,
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  Speaker 1: trying to find out the time and circumstances to which
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing. When he
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  Speaker 1: predicted the sufferings at the Messiah and the glories would follow.
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  Speaker 1: It was revealed to them that they were not serving
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  Speaker 1: themselves but you. When they spoke of the things that
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  Speaker 1: have now been told you by those who have preached
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore, with
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  Speaker 1: minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope
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  Speaker 1: on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do
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  Speaker 1: not conform to the evil desires you had when you
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  Speaker 1: lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you
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  Speaker 1: is holy, so be holy in all you do, for
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  Speaker 1: it is written, be holy because I am holy. Since
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  Speaker 1: you call on a Father who judges each person's work,
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  Speaker 1: impartially live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear,
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  Speaker 1: for you know that it was not with perishable things
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  Speaker 1: such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from
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  Speaker 1: the empty way of life handed down to you from
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  Speaker 1: your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ alarm,
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  Speaker 1: without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation
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  Speaker 1: of the world, but was revealed in these last times
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  Speaker 1: for your sake. Through him, you believe in God who
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead and glorified him. And so
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  Speaker 1: your faith and hope are in God. Now that you
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  Speaker 1: have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you
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  Speaker 1: have sincere love for each other. Love one another deeply
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  Speaker 1: from the heart, For you have been born again, not
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  Speaker 1: of perishable seed, but of imperishable through the living and
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  Speaker 1: enduring word of God. For all people are like grass,
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  Speaker 1: and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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  Speaker 1: The grass withers and the flowers fall, But the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word
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  Speaker 1: that was preached to you one Peter Chapter two. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all mass and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
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  Speaker 1: and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure
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  Speaker 1: spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up
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  Speaker 1: in your salvation. Now that you have tasted that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is good, has you come to him the living stone,
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  Speaker 1: rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to Him. You, also,
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  Speaker 1: like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house
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  Speaker 1: to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
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  Speaker 1: God through Jesus Christ. In scripture, it says, see I
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  Speaker 1: lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone,
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  Speaker 1: and the one who trusts in him will never be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. Now to you who believe, this stone
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  Speaker 1: is precious, But to those who do not believe, the
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  Speaker 1: stone the builders rejected has become the corner stone, a
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  Speaker 1: stone that causes people to stumble, and a rock that
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  Speaker 1: makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message,
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  Speaker 1: which is also what they were destined for. But you
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  Speaker 1: are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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  Speaker 1: God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of
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  Speaker 1: Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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  Speaker 1: Once you were not a people, but now you are
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  Speaker 1: the people of God. Once you would not receive mercy,
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  Speaker 1: but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you,
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  Speaker 1: as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires which
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  Speaker 1: wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among
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  Speaker 1: the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong,
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  Speaker 1: they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
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  Speaker 1: the day he visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: sake to every human authority, whether to the Emperor as
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  Speaker 1: the supreme authority, or to governors who are sent by
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  Speaker 1: him to punish those who do wrong, and to commend
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  Speaker 1: those who do right. For it is God's will that
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  Speaker 1: by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of
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  Speaker 1: foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use
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  Speaker 1: your freedom as a cover up for evil. Live as
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  Speaker 1: God's slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, Love the family
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  Speaker 1: of believers, Fear God, honour of the Emperor. Slaves in
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  Speaker 1: reverent fear of God. Submit yourselves to your masters, not
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  Speaker 1: only to those who are good and considerate, but also
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  Speaker 1: to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if
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  Speaker 1: someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because
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  Speaker 1: they are conscious of God. But how is it to
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  Speaker 1: your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong
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  Speaker 1: and endure it. But if you suffer for doing good
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  Speaker 1: and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To
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  Speaker 1: this you were called because Christ suffered for you, leaving
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  Speaker 1: you an example that you should follow in his steps.
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  Speaker 1: He committed no sin and no deceit was found in
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  Speaker 1: his mouth when they hurled their insults at him. He
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  Speaker 1: did not retaliate when he suffered. He made no threats. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself
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  Speaker 1: bore our sin in his body of macras, so that
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  Speaker 1: we might diet sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds,
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  Speaker 1: you have been healed, for you were like sheep going astray,
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  Speaker 1: But now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer
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  Speaker 1: of your souls one Peter, Chapter three. Wives, in the
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  Speaker 1: same way, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that
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  Speaker 1: if any of them do not believe the word, they
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  Speaker 1: may be won over without words by the behavior of
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  Speaker 1: their wives when they see the purity and reverence of
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  Speaker 1: your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
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  Speaker 1: such as elaborate hair styles and the wearing of gold,
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  Speaker 1: jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of
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  Speaker 1: your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and
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  Speaker 1: quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
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  Speaker 1: For this is the way the holy women of the past,
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  Speaker 1: who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves.
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  Speaker 1: They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who
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  Speaker 1: obeyed Abraham and called him a lord. You are her daughters.
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  Speaker 1: If you do what is right and do not give
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  Speaker 1: way to fear husbands. In the same way, be considerate
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  Speaker 1: as you live with your wives and treat them with
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  Speaker 1: respect as the weaker partner. And this errs with you
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  Speaker 1: of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will
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  Speaker 1: hinder your prayers. Finally, all of you be like minded,
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  Speaker 1: be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do
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  Speaker 1: not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult. On
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  Speaker 1: the contrary, repay evil with blessing. Because to this you
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  Speaker 1: were called, so that you may inherit a blessing. For
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  Speaker 1: whoever would love life and see good day must keep
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  Speaker 1: their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
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  Speaker 1: They must turn from evil and do good. They must
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  Speaker 1: seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive
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  Speaker 1: to their prayer. That the face of the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: against those who do evil. Who is going to harm
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  Speaker 1: you if you are eager to do good, But even
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  Speaker 1: if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.
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  Speaker 1: Do not fear their threats. Do not be frightened, but
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  Speaker 1: in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared
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  Speaker 1: to give an answer to everyone who asks you to
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  Speaker 1: give the reason for the hope that you have for
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  Speaker 1: do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience,
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  Speaker 1: so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior
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  Speaker 1: in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it
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  Speaker 1: is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for
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  Speaker 1: doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered
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  Speaker 1: once for sins the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring
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  Speaker 1: you to God. He was put to death in the body,
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  Speaker 1: but made alive in the spirit. After being made alive,
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  Speaker 1: he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits, to
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  Speaker 1: those who were disobedient long ago, when God waited patiently
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  Speaker 1: in the days of Noah, while the ark was being
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  Speaker 1: built in it, only a few people eight in all,
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  Speaker 1: were saved through water. And this water symbolizes baptism that
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  Speaker 1: now saves you also, not the removal of dirt from
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  Speaker 1: the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience towards God.
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  Speaker 1: It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who
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  Speaker 1: has gone into heaven and is a God's right hand
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  Speaker 1: with angels, authorities, and powers in submission to him one
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  Speaker 1: Peter Chapter four. Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,
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  Speaker 1: arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers
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  Speaker 1: in the body has finished with sin. As a result,
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  Speaker 1: they do not live the rest of their earthly lives
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  Speaker 1: for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
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  Speaker 1: For you have spent enough time in the past doing
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  Speaker 1: what pagans choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orges, carousing,
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  Speaker 1: and detestable idolatry. They are surprised that you do not
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  Speaker 1: join them in their reckless wild living, and they heap
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  Speaker 1: abuse on you. But they will have to give an
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  Speaker 1: account to him who is ready to judge the living
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  Speaker 1: and the bed. For this reason, the Gospel was preached
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  Speaker 1: even to those who are now dead, so that they
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  Speaker 1: might be judged according to human standards in regard to
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  Speaker 1: the body, but live according to God in regard to
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  Speaker 1: the spirit. The end of things is near. Therefore be
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  Speaker 1: a lad and of sober mind, so that you may
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  Speaker 1: pray above all, love each other deeply, because love covers
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  Speaker 1: over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another
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  Speaker 1: without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you
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  Speaker 1: have received to serve others. Thus, faithful stewards of God's
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  Speaker 1: grace in its various forms. If any one speaks, they
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  Speaker 1: should do so as one who speaks the very words
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  Speaker 1: of God. If any one serves, they should do so
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  Speaker 1: with the strength God provides, so that in all things
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  Speaker 1: God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be
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  Speaker 1: the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal
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  Speaker 1: that has come on you to test you, as though
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  Speaker 1: something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as
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  Speaker 1: you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you
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  Speaker 1: may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed. If you
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  Speaker 1: are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed,
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  Speaker 1: for the spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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  Speaker 1: If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer
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  Speaker 1: or thief, or any other kind of criminal, or even
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  Speaker 1: as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian,
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  Speaker 1: do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear
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  Speaker 1: that name. For it is time for judgment to begin
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  Speaker 1: with God's household. And if it begins with us, what
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  Speaker 1: will the outcome be for those who do not obey
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  Speaker 1: the gospel of God? And if it is hard for
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  Speaker 1: the righteous to be saved, what will become of the
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  Speaker 1: ungodly and the sinner. So then those who suffer according
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  Speaker 1: to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful creator
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  Speaker 1: and continue to do good. One Peter Chapter five. To
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  Speaker 1: the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder
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  Speaker 1: and a witness of Christ's sufferings, who also will share
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  Speaker 1: in the glory to be revealed. Be shepherds of God's flock,
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  Speaker 1: but is under your care watching over them, not because
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  Speaker 1: you must, but because you are willing, as God wants
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  Speaker 1: you to be, not pursuing dishonest game, but eager to serve,
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  Speaker 1: not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being
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  Speaker 1: examples to the flock. And when the chief shepherd appears,
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  Speaker 1: you will receive the crown of glory that will never
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  Speaker 1: fade away. In the same way, you who are younger,
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves to your elders. All of you clothe yourselves
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  Speaker 1: with humility towards one another. Becomes. God opposes the proud,
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  Speaker 1: but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under
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  Speaker 1: God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in
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  Speaker 1: due time, cast all your anxiety on him. Because He
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  Speaker 1: cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy,
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  Speaker 1: the devil crowls around like a roaring lion, looking for
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  Speaker 1: someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith,
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  Speaker 1: because you know that the family of believers throughout the
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  Speaker 1: world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the
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  Speaker 1: God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
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  Speaker 1: glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,
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  Speaker 1: will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.
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  Speaker 1: To Him be the power, the Ether and other amen.
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  Speaker 1: With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a
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  Speaker 1: faithful brother, I've written to you briefly encouraging you and
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  Speaker 1: testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand
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  Speaker 1: fast in it. She who is in Babylon chosen together
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  Speaker 1: with you, said, ends you her greetings, and so does
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  Speaker 1: my son Mark. Greet one another with a kiss of love,
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  Speaker 1: Peace to all of you who are in Christ. To
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  Speaker 1: Peter to Peter Chapter one, Simon Peter, a servant and
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  Speaker 1: apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who, through the righteousness
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  Speaker 1: of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have received a
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  Speaker 1: faith as precious as ours. Grace and peace be yours
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  Speaker 1: in abundance. Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: our Lord, his divine power has given us everything we
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  Speaker 1: need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him
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  Speaker 1: who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through
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  Speaker 1: these he has given us his very great and precious promises,
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  Speaker 1: so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,
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  Speaker 1: having escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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  Speaker 1: For this very reason, make every effort to add to
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  Speaker 1: your faith goodness and to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: self control and to self control, perseverance and to perseverance,
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  Speaker 1: Godliness and to Godliness, mutual affection and to mutual affection love.
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  Speaker 1: For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they
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  Speaker 1: will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not
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  Speaker 1: have them is short sighted and blind, forgetting that they
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  Speaker 1: have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,
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  Speaker 1: for if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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  Speaker 1: and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of our Lord. And Savior Jesus Christ. So I
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  Speaker 1: will always remind you of these things, even though you
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  Speaker 1: know them and affirmly established in the truth you now have.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is right to refresh your memory as
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  Speaker 1: long as I live in the tent of this body,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that I will soon put it aside
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  Speaker 1: as our Lord Jesus Christ has made care to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I will make every effort to see that after
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  Speaker 1: my departure, you will always be able to remember these things.
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  Speaker 1: For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we
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  Speaker 1: told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: in power, but we were eye witnesses of his majesty.
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  Speaker 1: He received honor and glory from God the Father when
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  Speaker 1: the voice came to him from the majestic Glory, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is my son whom I love. With him, I
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  Speaker 1: am well pleased. We ourselves heard this voice that came
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  Speaker 1: from heaven when we were with him on the Sacred Mountain.
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  Speaker 1: We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,
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  Speaker 1: and you will do well to pay attention to it,
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  Speaker 1: as to a light shining in a dark place, until
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  Speaker 1: the day dawns and the morning star rises. In your
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  Speaker 1: hearts Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of
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  Speaker 1: scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things.
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  Speaker 1: For prophecy never had its origin in the human will.
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  Speaker 1: But prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were
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  Speaker 1: carried along by the Holy Spirit to Peter chapter two.
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  Speaker 1: But there were also false prophets among the people, just
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  Speaker 1: as there will be false teachers among you. They will
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  Speaker 1: secretly introduce destructive heresses, even denying the sovereign Lord who
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  Speaker 1: bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow
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  Speaker 1: their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth
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  Speaker 1: into disrepute. In their greed, these teachers would exploit you
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  Speaker 1: with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them,
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  Speaker 1: and their destruction has not been sleeping. For if God
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  Speaker 1: did not spare angels when they send but sent them
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  Speaker 1: to Hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be
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  Speaker 1: held for judgment. If he did not spare the ancient
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  Speaker 1: world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,
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  Speaker 1: but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and serven others.
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  Speaker 1: If he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, by
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  Speaker 1: burning them to ashes, and made them an example of
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  Speaker 1: what is going to happen to the ungodly if he
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  Speaker 1: rescued lot a righteous man who is distressed by the
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  Speaker 1: depraved conduct of the lawless. For that righteous man, living
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  Speaker 1: among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous
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  Speaker 1: soul by the lawless deeds he saw and hernat. If
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  Speaker 1: this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue
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  Speaker 1: the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous the
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  Speaker 1: punishment on the death of judgment. This is especially true
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  Speaker 1: of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh
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  Speaker 1: and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid
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  Speaker 1: to heap abuse on celestial beings. Yet even angels, although
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  Speaker 1: they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse
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  Speaker 1: on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand.
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  Speaker 1: They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only
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  Speaker 1: to be caught and destroyed, and like animals, they too
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  Speaker 1: will perish. They will be paid back with harm for
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  Speaker 1: the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is
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  Speaker 1: to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes,
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  Speaker 1: reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you with
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  Speaker 1: eyes full of adultery. They never stop sinning. They seduce
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  Speaker 1: the young, stable their experts in greed, an accursive brood.
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  Speaker 1: They have left the straight way and wandered off to
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  Speaker 1: follow the way of Belan, son of Beeza, who loved
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  Speaker 1: the wages of wickedness. But he was rebuked for his
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  Speaker 1: wrongdoing by a donkey, an animal without speech, who spoke
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  Speaker 1: with a human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. These
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  Speaker 1: people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm.
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  Speaker 1: Blackest darkness is reserved for them, for they mouth empty,
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  Speaker 1: boastful words, and by appealing to the lustful desires of
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  Speaker 1: the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from
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  Speaker 1: those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while
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  Speaker 1: they themselves as slaves of depravity, for people are slaves
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  Speaker 1: to whatever has mastered them. This they have escaped the
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  Speaker 1: corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, and are again entangled in it and are overcome.
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  Speaker 1: They're worse off at the end than they were at
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  Speaker 1: the beginning. It would have been better for them not
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  Speaker 1: to have known the way of righteousness, than to have
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  Speaker 1: known it, and then to turn their backs on the
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  Speaker 1: sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them,
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  Speaker 1: the proverbs are true. A dog returns to its vomit,
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  Speaker 1: and a sow that is washed returns to her wallowing
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  Speaker 1: in the mug to Peter chapter three. Dear friends, this
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  Speaker 1: is now my second letter to you. I have written
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  Speaker 1: both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to recall the words spoken in the
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  Speaker 1: past by the holy prophets, and the command given by
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  Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior through your apostles. Above all, you
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  Speaker 1: must understand that in the last days scoffers will come,
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  Speaker 1: scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say,
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  Speaker 1: where is this coming? He promised? Ever since our ancestors died,
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  Speaker 1: everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.
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  Speaker 1: But they deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word,
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  Speaker 1: the heavens came into being, and the earth was formed
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  Speaker 1: out of water, and by water by these waters, also
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  Speaker 1: the world of that time was beluged and destroyed by
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  Speaker 1: the same word. The present heavens and earth are reserved
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  Speaker 1: for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and
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  Speaker 1: destruction of the ungngotley. But do not forget this one thing,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends. With the Lord, a day is like a
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  Speaker 1: thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise as
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  Speaker 1: some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not
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  Speaker 1: wanting any one to perish, but every one to come
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  Speaker 1: to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come
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  Speaker 1: la a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar,
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  Speaker 1: the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth
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  Speaker 1: and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since
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  Speaker 1: everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of
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  Speaker 1: people ought you to be? You ought to live holy
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  Speaker 1: and godly lives. As you look forward to the Day
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  Speaker 1: of God and speed its coming. That day will bring
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  Speaker 1: about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the
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  Speaker 1: elements will melt in a heast. But in keeping with
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  Speaker 1: his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven
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  Speaker 1: and a new Earth where righteousness dwells. So, then, dear friends,
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  Speaker 1: since you are looking forward to this, make every effort
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  Speaker 1: to be found spotless blameness and at peace with him.
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  Speaker 1: Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation. Just
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  Speaker 1: as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you with
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same
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  Speaker 1: way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters.
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  Speaker 1: His letters contain some things that are hard to understand,
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  Speaker 1: which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the
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  Speaker 1: other scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends, since
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  Speaker 1: you have been forewarned, be on your guard, so that
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  Speaker 1: you may not be carried away by the error of
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  Speaker 1: the lawless and fall from your secure position, but grow
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  Speaker 1: in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and forever. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: listen to this for a second. Peter gives one of
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  Speaker 1: the most grounding lines in the whole New Testament. Cast
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  Speaker 1: all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.
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  Speaker 1: Not some of your anxieties, not the small ones, only
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  Speaker 1: all of them, the ones you keep replaying at night,
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  Speaker 1: the pressure you don't talk about, the fear that you're
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  Speaker 1: falling behind, that something bad is coming, that you're carrying
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  Speaker 1: too much and you don't know how to put it down.
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  Speaker 1: And Peter doesn't say pretend you're fine. He doesn't say
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  Speaker 1: be tougher. He says, cast it like you're throwing a
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  Speaker 1: heavy load off your shoulders, like you're handing it over
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  Speaker 1: on purpose. Why because God is distant? No, because He
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  Speaker 1: cares for you, not just for people in general, not
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  Speaker 1: just for the idea of humanity, For you, your name, your situation,
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  Speaker 1: your mess, your mind, your heart. So here's the move
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  Speaker 1: Peter is teaching. Humility is admitting you can't control everything,
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  Speaker 1: and faith is choosing to place what you can't carry
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  Speaker 1: into God's hands. You don't have to solve tomorrow to night.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to hold the whole world together. You
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  Speaker 1: can breathe, you can release it, and you can trust
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  Speaker 1: that the one you're giving it to is not cold,
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  Speaker 1: not annoyed, not tired of you. Cast it because He cares,
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  Speaker 1: and you can rest One Peter one Peter, Chapter one, Peter,
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  Speaker 1: an apostle of Jesus Christ to God's elect exiles scattered
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  Speaker 1: throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Pithynia,
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  Speaker 1: who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God,
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  Speaker 1: the Father through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to
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  Speaker 1: be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In
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  Speaker 1: his great mercy, He has given us new birth into
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  Speaker 1: a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
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  Speaker 1: the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil,
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  Speaker 1: or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
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  Speaker 1: who through faith is shielded by God's power until the
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  Speaker 1: coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed
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  Speaker 1: in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice,
• 1:57:29
  Speaker 1: though now for a little while you may have had
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  Speaker 1: to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have
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  Speaker 1: come so that the proven genuineness of your faith, of
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  Speaker 1: greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire,
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  Speaker 1: may result in praise, glory, and honor. When Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: is revealed, though you have not seen him, you love him.
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  Speaker 1: And even though you do not see him now you
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  Speaker 1: believe in him and are filled with it an inexpressible
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  Speaker 1: and glorious joy. For you are receiving the end result
• 1:58:05
  Speaker 1: of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation,
• 1:58:12
  Speaker 1: the prophets who spoke of the grace that was to
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  Speaker 1: come to you searched intently him with the greatest care,
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  Speaker 1: trying to find out the time and circumstances to which
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing. When he
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  Speaker 1: predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that
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  Speaker 1: would follow. It was revealed to them that they were
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  Speaker 1: not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the
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  Speaker 1: things that have now been told you by those who
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  Speaker 1: have preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore,
• 1:58:47
  Speaker 1: with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your
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  Speaker 1: hope on the grace to be brought to you when
• 1:58:54
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children,
• 1:59:00
  Speaker 1: do not conform to the evil desires you had when
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  Speaker 1: you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called
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  Speaker 1: you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
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  Speaker 1: for it is written, Be holy because I am holy.
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  Speaker 1: Since you call on a father who judges each person's work,
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  Speaker 1: impartially live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear,
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  Speaker 1: for you know that it was not with perishable things
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  Speaker 1: such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from
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  Speaker 1: the empty way of life handed down to you from
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  Speaker 1: your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ alarm,
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  Speaker 1: without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation
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  Speaker 1: of the world, but was revealed in these last times
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  Speaker 1: for your sake. Through him, you believe in God who
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead and glorified him. And so
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  Speaker 1: your faith and hope are in God. Now the you
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  Speaker 1: have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you
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  Speaker 1: have sincere love for each other. Love one another deeply
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  Speaker 1: from the heart, for you have been born again, not
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  Speaker 1: of perishable seed, but of imperishable through the living and
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  Speaker 1: enduring word of God. For all people are like grass,
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  Speaker 1: and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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  Speaker 1: The grass withers and the flowers fall, But the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word
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  Speaker 1: that was preached to you one Peter chapter two. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all mass and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
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  Speaker 1: and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies crave pure
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  Speaker 1: spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up
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  Speaker 1: in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is good, as you come to him. The living stone,
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  Speaker 1: rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him. You, also,
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  Speaker 1: like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house,
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  Speaker 1: to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
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  Speaker 1: God through Jesus Christ. For in scripture it says, see
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  Speaker 1: I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious
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  Speaker 1: corner stone, and the one who trusts in him will
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  Speaker 1: never be put to shame. Now to you who believe,
• 2:01:44
  Speaker 1: this stone is precious, but to those who do not believe,
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  Speaker 1: the stone the builders rejected has become a corner stone,
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  Speaker 1: a stone that causes people to stumble, and a rock
• 2:01:58
  Speaker 1: that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message,
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  Speaker 1: which is also what they were destined for. But you
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  Speaker 1: are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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  Speaker 1: God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of
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  Speaker 1: Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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  Speaker 1: Once you were not a people, but now you are
• 2:02:25
  Speaker 1: the people of God. Once you would not receive mercy
• 2:02:29
  Speaker 1: but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you,
• 2:02:35
  Speaker 1: as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires which
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 1: wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong,
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  Speaker 1: they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
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  Speaker 1: the day he visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: sake to every human authority, whether to the Emperor as
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  Speaker 1: the supreme authority, or to governors who are sent by him,
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  Speaker 1: to punish those who do wrong and to commend those
• 2:03:04
  Speaker 1: who do right. For it is God's will that by
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  Speaker 1: doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
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  Speaker 1: Live as free people, but do not use your freedom
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  Speaker 1: as a cover up for evil. Live as God's slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Show proper respect to everyone, Love the family of believers,
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  Speaker 1: Fear God, honour of the Emperor. Slaves in reverent fear
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  Speaker 1: of God. Submit yourselves to your masters, not only to
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  Speaker 1: those who are good and considerate, but also to those
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  Speaker 1: who are harsh. For it is commendable if someone bears
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  Speaker 1: up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are
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  Speaker 1: conscious of God. But how is it to your credit
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  Speaker 1: if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it.
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  Speaker 1: But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it,
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  Speaker 1: this is commendable before God. To this you were called
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  Speaker 1: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that
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  Speaker 1: you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin
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  Speaker 1: and no deceit was found in his mouth. When they
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  Speaker 1: hurled their insulted him. He did not retaliate when he suffered.
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  Speaker 1: He made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him
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  Speaker 1: who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his
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  Speaker 1: body of macras, so that we might die to sins
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  Speaker 1: and live for righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed,
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  Speaker 1: for you were like sheep going astray, But now you
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  Speaker 1: have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls
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  Speaker 1: One Peter, Chapter three. Wives, in the same way, submit
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  Speaker 1: yourselves to your own husbands, so that if any of
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  Speaker 1: them do not believe the word, they may be won
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  Speaker 1: over without words by the behavior of their wives when
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  Speaker 1: they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your
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  Speaker 1: beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate
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  Speaker 1: hairstyles and the wearing of gold, jewelry, or fine clothes. Rather,
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  Speaker 1: it should be that of your inner self, the unfading
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  Speaker 1: beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of
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  Speaker 1: great worth in God's sight. For this is the way
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  Speaker 1: the holy women of the past, who put their hope
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  Speaker 1: in God, used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to
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  Speaker 1: their own husbands. Like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called
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  Speaker 1: him a lord. You are her daughters. If you do
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  Speaker 1: what is right and do not give way to fear husbands.
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  Speaker 1: In the same way, be considerate as you live with
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  Speaker 1: your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner.
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  Speaker 1: And this errs with you of the gracious gift of life,
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  Speaker 1: so that nothing will hinder you your prayers. Finally, all
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  Speaker 1: of you, be like minded, be sympathetic, love one another,
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  Speaker 1: be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil,
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  Speaker 1: or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing.
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  Speaker 1: Because to this you are called, so that you may
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  Speaker 1: inherit a blessing. For whoever would love life and see
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  Speaker 1: good days must keep their tongue from evil and their
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  Speaker 1: lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and
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  Speaker 1: do good, they must seek peace and pursue it. For
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  Speaker 1: the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and
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  Speaker 1: his ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord is against those who do evil. Who
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  Speaker 1: is going to harm you if you are eager to
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  Speaker 1: do good. But even if you should suffer for what
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  Speaker 1: is right, you are blessed. Do not fear their threats.
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  Speaker 1: Do not be frightened. But in your hearts revere Christ
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  Speaker 1: as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to
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  Speaker 1: everyone who asks you to give the reason for the
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  Speaker 1: hope that you have for Do this with gentleness and respect,
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  Speaker 1: keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously
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  Speaker 1: against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of
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  Speaker 1: their slander. For it is better, if it is God's will,
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  Speaker 1: to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For
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  Speaker 1: Christ also suffered once for sins the righteous for the unrighteous,
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  Speaker 1: to bring you to God. He was put to death
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  Speaker 1: in the body, but made alive in the spirit. After
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  Speaker 1: being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the
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  Speaker 1: imprisoned spirits, to those who were disobedient Long ago, when
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  Speaker 1: God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the
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  Speaker 1: ark was being built in it. Only a few people
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  Speaker 1: eight in all, was saved through water, and this water
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  Speaker 1: symbolizes baptism that now saves you also, not the removal
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  Speaker 1: of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a
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  Speaker 1: clear conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is
• 2:08:20
  Speaker 1: a God's right hand with angels, authorities, and powers in
• 2:08:25
  Speaker 1: submission to him one Peter chapter four. Therefore, since Christ
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  Speaker 1: suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude,
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 1: because whoever suffers in the body has finished with sin.
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  Speaker 1: As a result, they do not live the rest of
• 2:08:47
  Speaker 1: their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for
• 2:08:51
  Speaker 1: the will of God. For you have spent enough time
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  Speaker 1: in the past doing what pagans choose to do, living
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  Speaker 1: in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orges, carousing, and detestable idolatry. They
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  Speaker 1: are surprised that you do not join them in their
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  Speaker 1: reckless wild living, and they heap abuse on you. But
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  Speaker 1: they will have to give an account to him who
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  Speaker 1: is ready to judge the living and the dead. For
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  Speaker 1: this reason, the gospel was preached even to those who
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  Speaker 1: are now dead, so that they might be judged according
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  Speaker 1: to human standards in regard to the body, but live
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  Speaker 1: according to God in regard to the spirit. The end
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  Speaker 1: of things is near. Therefore be a lad and of
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  Speaker 1: sober mind, so that you may pray above all, Love
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  Speaker 1: each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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  Speaker 1: Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you
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  Speaker 1: should use whatever gift you have received to serve others
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  Speaker 1: as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.
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  Speaker 1: If any one speaks, they should do so as one
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  Speaker 1: who speaks the very words of God. If any one serves,
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  Speaker 1: they should do so with the strength God provides, so
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  Speaker 1: that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: To Him be the glory and the path for ever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. Amen. Dear friends, do not be surprised at
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  Speaker 1: the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you,
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  Speaker 1: as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice
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  Speaker 1: inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.
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  Speaker 1: If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of
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  Speaker 1: God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not
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  Speaker 1: be as a murderer or thief, or any other kind
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  Speaker 1: of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you
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  Speaker 1: suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise
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  Speaker 1: God that you bear that name. For it is time
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  Speaker 1: for judgment to begin with God's household. And if it
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  Speaker 1: begins with us, what will the outcome be for those
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  Speaker 1: who do not obey the gospel of God? And if
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  Speaker 1: it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what
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  Speaker 1: will become of the ungodly and the sinner? So then
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  Speaker 1: those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves
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  Speaker 1: to their faithful creator and continue to do good. One
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  Speaker 1: Peter chapter five. To the elders among you, I appeal
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  Speaker 1: as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings,
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  Speaker 1: who also will share in the glory to be revealed.
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  Speaker 1: Be shepherds of God's flock. But is under your care
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  Speaker 1: watching over them, not because you must, but because you
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  Speaker 1: are willing as God wants you to be, not pursuing
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  Speaker 1: dishonest gain, but eager to serve, not lording it. Over
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  Speaker 1: those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
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  Speaker 1: And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the
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  Speaker 1: crown of glory that will never fade away. In the
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  Speaker 1: same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.
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  Speaker 1: All of you clothe yourselves with humility towards one another. Becomes.
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  Speaker 1: God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble.
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  Speaker 1: Humble yourselves therefore under God's mighty hand, but he may
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  Speaker 1: lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety
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  Speaker 1: on him, because he cares for you. Be alert and
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  Speaker 1: of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil prowls around like
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  Speaker 1: a roaring lion, looking for some one to devour. Resist him,
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  Speaker 1: standing firm in the faith, because you know that the
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  Speaker 1: family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same
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  Speaker 1: kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who
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  Speaker 1: called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you
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  Speaker 1: have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and
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  Speaker 1: make you strong, firm and steadfast. To Him be the Power,
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  Speaker 1: the ever and ever Amen. With the help of Silas,
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  Speaker 1: whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written
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  Speaker 1: to you briefly encouraging you and testifying that this is
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  Speaker 1: the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. She
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  Speaker 1: who is in Babylon chosen together with you, sends you
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  Speaker 1: her greetings, and so does my son Mark. Greet one
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  Speaker 1: another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of
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  Speaker 1: you who are in Christ. Two Peter two Peter, Chapter one,
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  Speaker 1: Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To
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  Speaker 1: those who, through the righteousness of our God and Savior,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, have received a faith as precious as ours.
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  Speaker 1: Great and peace be yours in abundance. Through the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God and of Jesus our Lord, his divine power,
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  Speaker 1: has given us everything we need for a godly life
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  Speaker 1: through our knowledge of Him who called us by his
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  Speaker 1: own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us
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  Speaker 1: his very great and precious promises, so that through them
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  Speaker 1: you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the
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  Speaker 1: corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this
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  Speaker 1: very reason, make every effort to add to your faith
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  Speaker 1: goodness and to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge, self control
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  Speaker 1: and to self control, perseverance and to perseverance, Godliness and
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  Speaker 1: to Godliness, mutual affection and to mutual affection love. For
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  Speaker 1: if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will
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  Speaker 1: keep you from being ineffective and i productive in your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not
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  Speaker 1: have them is short sighted and blind, forgetting that they
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  Speaker 1: have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,
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  Speaker 1: for if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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  Speaker 1: and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So I
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  Speaker 1: will always remind you of these things, even though you
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  Speaker 1: know them and affirmly established in the truth you now have.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is right to refresh your memory as
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  Speaker 1: long as I live in the tent of this body,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that I will soon put it aside
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  Speaker 1: as our Lord Jesus Christ has made cure to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I will make every effort to see that after
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  Speaker 1: my departure, you will always be able to remember these things.
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  Speaker 1: For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we
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  Speaker 1: told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: in power. But we were eye witnesses of his majesty.
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  Speaker 1: He received honor and glory from God the Father, when
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  Speaker 1: the voice came to him from the majestic Glory, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is my son whom I love with him, I
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  Speaker 1: am well pleased. We ourselves heard this voice that came
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  Speaker 1: from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
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  Speaker 1: We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,
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  Speaker 1: and you will do well to pay attention to it,
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  Speaker 1: as to a light shining in a dark place, until
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  Speaker 1: the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture
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  Speaker 1: came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For
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  Speaker 1: prophecy never had its origin in the human will. But prophets,
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  Speaker 1: though human, spoke from God as they were carried along
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  Speaker 1: by the Holy Spirit to Peter chapter two. But there
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  Speaker 1: were also false prophets among the people, just as there
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  Speaker 1: will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce
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  Speaker 1: destructive heresses, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them,
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  Speaker 1: bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved
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  Speaker 1: conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
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  Speaker 1: In their greed, these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories.
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  Speaker 1: Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their
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  Speaker 1: destruction has not been sleeping. For if God did not
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  Speaker 1: spare angels when they send, but sent them to hell,
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  Speaker 1: putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.
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  Speaker 1: If he did not spare the ancient world when he
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  Speaker 1: brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah,
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  Speaker 1: a preacher of righteousness and serven others. If he condemned
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  Speaker 1: the city of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,
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  Speaker 1: and made them an example of what is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen to the ungodly. If he rescued Lot, a righteous
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  Speaker 1: man who is distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
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  Speaker 1: For that righteous man, living among them day after day,
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  Speaker 1: was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds
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  Speaker 1: he saw in Hernat. If this is so, then the
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  Speaker 1: Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and
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  Speaker 1: to hold the unrighteous the punishment on the day of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt
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  Speaker 1: desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant.
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  Speaker 1: They are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings.
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  Speaker 1: Yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,
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  Speaker 1: do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment
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  Speaker 1: on them from the Lord. But these people blaspheme in
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  Speaker 1: matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals,
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  Speaker 1: creatures of instinct, bore wawn only to be caught and destroyed,
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  Speaker 1: and like animals, they too will perish. They will be
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  Speaker 1: paid back with harn for the harn they've done. Their
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  Speaker 1: idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They
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  Speaker 1: are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they
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  Speaker 1: feast with you with eyes full of adultery. They never
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  Speaker 1: stop sinning. They seduce the young stable their experts in
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  Speaker 1: greed and accursed brood. They have left the straight way
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  Speaker 1: and wandered off to follow the way of Beilan, son
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  Speaker 1: of Beeza, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he
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  Speaker 1: was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey, an animal
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  Speaker 1: without speech, who spoke with a human voice and restrained
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  Speaker 1: the prophet's madness. These people are springs without water and
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  Speaker 1: mists driven by a storm blackest darkness is reserved for them.
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  Speaker 1: For they mouth empty, boastful works words, and by appealing
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  Speaker 1: to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people
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  Speaker 1: who are just escaping from those who live in error.
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  Speaker 1: They promise them freedom, while they themselves as slaves of depravity.
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  Speaker 1: For people are slaves to whatever has mastered them. If
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  Speaker 1: they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing
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  Speaker 1: Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again entangled
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  Speaker 1: in it and are overcome, they're worse off at the
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  Speaker 1: end than they were at the beginning. It would have
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  Speaker 1: been better for them not to have known the way
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness than to have known it and then to
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  Speaker 1: turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed
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  Speaker 1: on to them. Of them, the proverbs are true. A
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  Speaker 1: dog returns to its vomit, and a sow that is
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  Speaker 1: washed returns to her wallowing in the mug to Peter
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  Speaker 1: chapter three. Dear friends, this is now my second letter
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  Speaker 1: to you. I have written both of them a reminders
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  Speaker 1: to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to
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  Speaker 1: recall the words spoken in the past by the holy
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  Speaker 1: prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior
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  Speaker 1: through your apostles. Above all, you must understand that in
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  Speaker 1: the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their
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  Speaker 1: own evil desires. They will say, where is this coming?
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  Speaker 1: He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on
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  Speaker 1: as it has since the beginning of creation. But they
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  Speaker 1: deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word, the heavens
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  Speaker 1: came into being, and the earth was formed out of water,
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  Speaker 1: and by water by these waters. Also the world of
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  Speaker 1: that time was beluged and destroyed by the same word.
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  Speaker 1: The present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being
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  Speaker 1: kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungboty.
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  Speaker 1: But do not forget this one thing, dear friends. With
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and
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  Speaker 1: a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is
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  Speaker 1: not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he is patient with you, not wanting any one to perish,
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  Speaker 1: but every one to come to repentance. But the day
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord will come lack a thief, The heavens
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  Speaker 1: will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed
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  Speaker 1: by fire, and the earth and everything done in it
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  Speaker 1: will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in
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  Speaker 1: this way, what kind of people ought you to be?
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  Speaker 1: You ought to live holy and godly lives. As you
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  Speaker 1: look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.
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  Speaker 1: That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens
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  Speaker 1: by fire, and the elements will melt in a heast.
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  Speaker 1: But in keeping with His promise, we are looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to in new heaven and a new earth were righteousness dwells. So, then,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make
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  Speaker 1: every effort to be found spotless, blameness and at peace
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  Speaker 1: with Him. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you
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  Speaker 1: with the wisdom that God gave him, he writes the
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  Speaker 1: same way in all his letters, speaking in them of
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  Speaker 1: these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard
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  Speaker 1: to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they
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  Speaker 1: do the other scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends,
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  Speaker 1: since you have been forewarned, be on your guard, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may not be carried away by the error
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  Speaker 1: of the lawless and fall from your secure position, but
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  Speaker 1: grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and savior,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and forever. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And now, as you settle in and let your mind
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  Speaker 1: go quiet, hold on to this simple truth you are
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  Speaker 1: cared for. Whatever is weighing on you tonight doesn't need
• 2:24:18
  Speaker 1: to follow you into sleep. You can release it gently,
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  Speaker 1: without forcing, without fear, placing it into God's hands, one
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  Speaker 1: thought at a time. So take a slow breath in
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  Speaker 1: and let it out. Unclench your shoulders, let your jaw relax,
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  Speaker 1: let the day fade. Lord. We give you every worry
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  Speaker 1: we can name, and even the ones we can't put
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  Speaker 1: into words. Cover this room with your peace, guard our
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  Speaker 1: hearts and our minds, and let rest come easily like
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  Speaker 1: a calm tide. And if we wake in the night,
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  Speaker 1: remind us again. We can cast it back on to
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  Speaker 1: you because you care. Good night, rest well, Amen,