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Isaiah 57-59
New King James Version
Isaiah 57-59
New King James Version
Israel’s Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
2 He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in (C)their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.
3 “But come here,
(D)You sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!
4 Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,
5 Inflaming yourselves with gods (E)under every green tree,
(F)Slaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth (G)stones of the stream
Is your portion;
They, they, are your lot!
Even to them you have poured a drink offering,
You have offered a grain offering.
Should I receive comfort in (H)these?
7 “On(I) a lofty and high mountain
You have set (J)your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.
8 Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And [b]made a covenant with them;
(K)You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their [c]nudity.
9 (L)You went to the king with ointment,
And increased your perfumes;
You sent your (M)messengers far off,
And even descended to Sheol.
10 You are wearied in the length of your way;
(N)Yet you did not say, ‘There is no hope.’
You have found the life of your hand;
Therefore you were not grieved.
11 “And (O)of whom have you been afraid, or feared,
That you have lied
And not remembered Me,
Nor taken it to your heart?
Is it not because (P)I have [d]held My peace from of old
That you do not fear Me?
12 I will declare your righteousness
And your works,
For they will not profit you.
13 When you cry out,
Let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry them all away,
A breath will take them.
But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land,
And shall inherit My holy mountain.”
Healing for the Backslider
14 And one shall say,
(Q)“Heap it up! Heap it up!
Prepare the way,
Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (R)whose name is Holy:
(S)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(T)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(U)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 (V)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (W)which I have made.
17 For the iniquity of (X)his covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
(Y)I hid and was angry,
(Z)And he went on [e]backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and (AA)will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to (AB)his mourners.
19 “I create (AC)the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace (AD)to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
20 (AE)But the wicked are like the troubled sea,
When it cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 “There(AF) is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”
Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [f]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(AG)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.
3 ‘Why(AH) have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we (AI)afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’
“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And [g]exploit all your laborers.
4 (AJ)Indeed you fast for strife and debate,
And to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You will not fast as you do this day,
To make your voice heard on high.
5 Is (AK)it a fast that I have chosen,
(AL)A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And (AM)to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?
6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (AN)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(AO)To undo the [h]heavy burdens,
(AP)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
7 Is it not (AQ)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [i]cast out;
(AR)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (AS)your own flesh?
8 (AT)Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
(AU)The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [j]pointing of the finger, and (AV)speaking wickedness,
10 If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your [k]darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 Those from among you
(AW)Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of [l]Streets to Dwell In.
13 “If (AX)you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
14 (AY)Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord;
And I will cause you to (AZ)ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
(BA)The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Separated from God
59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not (BB)shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (BC)not hear.
3 For (BD)your hands are defiled with [m]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (BE)empty words and speak lies;
(BF)They conceive [n]evil and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.
6 (BG)Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
7 (BH)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (BI)innocent blood;
(BJ)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (BK)destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of (BL)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
(BM)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
Sin Confessed
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
(BN)We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
10 (BO)We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.
11 We all growl like bears,
And (BP)moan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (BQ)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (BR)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (BS)prey.
The Redeemer of Zion
Then the Lord saw it, and [o]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
16 (BT)He saw that there was no man,
And (BU)wondered that there was no intercessor;
(BV)Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17 (BW)For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 (BX)According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
19 (BY)So shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in (BZ)like a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
20 “The(CA) Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
21 “As(CB) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil
- Isaiah 57:8 Lit. cut
- Isaiah 57:8 Lit. hand, a euphemism
- Isaiah 57:11 remained silent
- Isaiah 57:17 Or turning back
- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
- Isaiah 58:3 Lit. drive hard
- Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke
- Isaiah 58:7 wandering
- Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of
- Isaiah 58:10 Or gloom
- Isaiah 58:12 Lit. Paths
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
- Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes
Isaiah 57-59
New International Version
Isaiah 57-59
New International Version
57 The righteous perish,(A)
and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.(C)
2 Those who walk uprightly(D)
enter into peace;
they find rest(E) as they lie in death.
3 “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(F)
you offspring of adulterers(G) and prostitutes!(H)
4 Who are you mocking?
At whom do you sneer
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(I)
the offspring of liars?
5 You burn with lust among the oaks(J)
and under every spreading tree;(K)
you sacrifice your children(L) in the ravines
and under the overhanging crags.
6 The idols(M) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(N)
and offered grain offerings.
In view of all this, should I relent?(O)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;(P)
there you went up to offer your sacrifices.(Q)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(R)
and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(S)
9 You went to Molek[a](T) with olive oil
and increased your perfumes.(U)
You sent your ambassadors[b](V) far away;
you descended to the very realm of the dead!(W)
10 You wearied(X) yourself by such going about,
but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(Y)
You found renewal of your strength,(Z)
and so you did not faint.
11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(AA)
that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(AB) me
nor taken this to heart?(AC)
Is it not because I have long been silent(AD)
that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(AE)
and they will not benefit you.
13 When you cry out(AF) for help,
let your collection of idols save(AG) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a mere breath will blow(AH) them away.
But whoever takes refuge(AI) in me
will inherit the land(AJ)
and possess my holy mountain.”(AK)
Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it will be said:
“Build up, build up, prepare the road!(AL)
Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”(AM)
15 For this is what the high and exalted(AN) One says—
he who lives forever,(AO) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(AP) and holy place,
but also with the one who is contrite(AQ) and lowly in spirit,(AR)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(AS)
16 I will not accuse(AT) them forever,
nor will I always be angry,(AU)
for then they would faint away because of me—
the very people(AV) I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(AW)
I punished them, and hid(AX) my face in anger,
yet they kept on in their willful ways.(AY)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(AZ) them;
I will guide(BA) them and restore comfort(BB) to Israel’s mourners,
19 creating praise on their lips.(BC)
Peace, peace,(BD) to those far and near,”(BE)
says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked(BF) are like the tossing sea,(BG)
which cannot rest,
whose waves cast up mire(BH) and mud.
21 “There is no peace,”(BI) says my God, “for the wicked.”(BJ)
True Fasting
58 “Shout it aloud,(BK) do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.(BL)
Declare to my people their rebellion(BM)
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(BN)
2 For day after day they seek(BO) me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken(BP) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near(BQ) them.
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(BR) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(BS) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(BT)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(BU)
and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(BV)
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard(BW) on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast(BX) I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble(BY) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(BZ)
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(CA)
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting(CB) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(CC)
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(CD) free
and break every yoke?(CE)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry(CF)
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(CG)—
when you see the naked, to clothe(CH) them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(CI)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(CJ)
and your healing(CK) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[c](CL) will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(CM)
9 Then you will call,(CN) and the Lord will answer;(CO)
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger(CP) and malicious talk,(CQ)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(CR)
then your light(CS) will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.(CT)
11 The Lord will guide(CU) you always;
he will satisfy your needs(CV) in a sun-scorched land(CW)
and will strengthen(CX) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(CY)
like a spring(CZ) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(DA)
and will raise up the age-old foundations;(DB)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(DC)
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(DD)
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(DE)
and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(DF)
14 then you will find your joy(DG) in the Lord,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(DH) of the land
and to feast on the inheritance(DI) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(DJ)
Sin, Confession and Redemption
59 Surely the arm(DK) of the Lord is not too short(DL) to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.(DM)
2 But your iniquities have separated(DN)
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.(DO)
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(DP)
your fingers with guilt.(DQ)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(DR)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(DS)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(DT) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(DU)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(DV)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(DW)
and spin a spider’s web.(DX)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(DY)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(DZ) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(EA)
They pursue evil schemes;(EB)
acts of violence mark their ways.(EC)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(ED)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(EE)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(EF)
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(EG)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(EH) we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(EI) as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.(EJ)
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.(EK)
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses(EL) are many in your sight,
and our sins testify(EM) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:(EN)
13 rebellion(EO) and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs(EP) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(EQ)
uttering lies(ER) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(ES) is driven back,
and righteousness(ET) stands at a distance;
truth(EU) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(EV) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(EW)
16 He saw that there was no one,(EX)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(EY)
so his own arm achieved salvation(EZ) for him,
and his own righteousness(FA) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(FB)
and the helmet(FC) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(FD) of vengeance(FE)
and wrapped himself in zeal(FF) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(FG)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(FH) their due.
19 From the west,(FI) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(FJ) they will revere his glory.(FK)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(FL) of the Lord drives along.[d]
20 “The Redeemer(FM) will come to Zion,(FN)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(FO)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(FP) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(FQ) who is on you, will not depart from you,(FR) and my words that I have put in your mouth(FS) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
- Isaiah 57:9 Or idols
- Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
2 Peter 3
New King James Version
2 Peter 3
New King James Version
God’s Promise Is Not Slack(A)
3 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which (B)I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words (C)which were spoken before by the holy prophets, (D)and of the commandment of [a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, (E)walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of (F)creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that (G)by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth (H)standing out of water and in the water, 6 (I)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But (J)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (K)fire until the day of judgment and [b]perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (L)a thousand years as one day. 9 (M)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (N)is longsuffering toward [c]us, (O)not willing that any should perish but (P)that all should come to repentance.
The Day of the Lord
10 But (Q)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (R)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (S)in holy conduct and godliness, 12 (T)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (U)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (V)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (W)new heavens and a (X)new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent (Y)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that (Z)the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his (AA)epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the (AB)rest of the Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, (AC)since you know this beforehand, (AD)beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 (AE)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(AF)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:2 NU, M the apostles of your Lord and Savior or your apostles of the Lord and Savior
- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
- 2 Peter 3:9 NU you
- 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found
2 Peter 3
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2 Peter 3
New International Version
The Day of the Lord
3 Dear friends,(A) this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders(B) to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets(C) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.(D)
3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days(E) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(F) 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(G) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(H) 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(I) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(J) 6 By these waters also the world of that time(K) was deluged and destroyed.(L) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(M) being kept for the day of judgment(N) and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(O) 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(P) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(Q) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(R)
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(S) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(T) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(U) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](V)
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(W) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](X) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(Y) 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(Z) where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(AA) and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(AB) means salvation,(AC) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(AD) 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable(AE) people distort,(AF) as they do the other Scriptures,(AG) to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(AH) so that you may not be carried away by the error(AI) of the lawless(AJ) and fall from your secure position.(AK) 18 But grow in the grace(AL) and knowledge(AM) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(AN) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(AO)
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
- 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come
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