Hebrews 1:1	On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
Hebrews 1:2	But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Hebrews 1:3	The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Hebrews 1:4	So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
Hebrews 1:5	For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
Hebrews 1:6	And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
Hebrews 1:7	Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
Hebrews 1:8	But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9	You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Hebrews 1:10	And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Hebrews 1:11	They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
Hebrews 1:12	You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
Hebrews 1:13	Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
Hebrews 1:14	Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 2:1	We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Hebrews 2:2	For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
Hebrews 2:3	how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
Hebrews 2:4	and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
Hebrews 2:5	For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
Hebrews 2:6	But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Hebrews 2:7	You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
Hebrews 2:8	and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Hebrews 2:9	But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews 2:10	In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Hebrews 2:11	For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Hebrews 2:12	He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
Hebrews 2:13	And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Hebrews 2:14	Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2:15	and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Hebrews 2:16	For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
Hebrews 2:17	For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:18	Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews 3:1	Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
Hebrews 3:2	He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
Hebrews 3:3	For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
Hebrews 3:4	And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Hebrews 3:5	Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
Hebrews 3:6	But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
Hebrews 3:7	Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 3:8	do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:9	where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
Hebrews 3:10	Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
Hebrews 3:11	So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Hebrews 3:12	See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13	But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Hebrews 3:14	We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
Hebrews 3:15	As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
Hebrews 3:16	For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
Hebrews 3:17	And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews 3:18	And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Hebrews 3:19	So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
Hebrews 4:1	Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
Hebrews 4:2	For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
Hebrews 4:3	Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:4	For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
Hebrews 4:5	And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
Hebrews 4:6	Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
Hebrews 4:7	God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 4:8	For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Hebrews 4:9	There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:10	For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
Hebrews 4:11	Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:12	For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13	Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:14	Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
Hebrews 4:15	For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Hebrews 4:16	Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 5:1	Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 5:2	He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
Hebrews 5:3	That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 5:4	No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
Hebrews 5:5	So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
Hebrews 5:6	And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:7	During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
Hebrews 5:8	Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
Hebrews 5:9	And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Hebrews 5:10	and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:11	We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Hebrews 5:12	Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
Hebrews 5:13	For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
Hebrews 5:14	But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 6:1	Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
Hebrews 6:2	instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:3	And this we will do, if God permits.
Hebrews 6:4	It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:5	who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—
Hebrews 6:6	and then have fallen away—to be restored again to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
Hebrews 6:7	For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
Hebrews 6:8	But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
Hebrews 6:9	Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
Hebrews 6:10	For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
Hebrews 6:11	We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
Hebrews 6:12	Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Hebrews 6:13	When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
Hebrews 6:14	saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”
Hebrews 6:15	And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
Hebrews 6:16	Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
Hebrews 6:17	So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
Hebrews 6:18	Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Hebrews 6:19	We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and steadfast. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
Hebrews 6:20	where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:1	This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Hebrews 7:2	and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
Hebrews 7:3	Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
Hebrews 7:4	Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him the first tenth of the plunder.
Hebrews 7:5	Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
Hebrews 7:6	But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
Hebrews 7:7	And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Hebrews 7:8	In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
Hebrews 7:9	And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
Hebrews 7:10	For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
Hebrews 7:11	Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12	For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.
Hebrews 7:13	He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
Hebrews 7:14	For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
Hebrews 7:15	And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
Hebrews 7:16	one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 7:17	For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 7:18	So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
Hebrews 7:19	(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
Hebrews 7:20	And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
Hebrews 7:21	but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
Hebrews 7:22	Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 7:23	Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
Hebrews 7:24	But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
Hebrews 7:25	Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:26	Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 7:27	Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
Hebrews 7:28	For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Hebrews 8:1	The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Hebrews 8:2	and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
Hebrews 8:3	And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
Hebrews 8:4	Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
Hebrews 8:5	The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Hebrews 8:6	Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Hebrews 8:7	For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
Hebrews 8:8	But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Hebrews 8:9	It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
Hebrews 8:10	For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds, and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Hebrews 8:11	No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
Hebrews 8:12	For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Hebrews 8:13	By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
Hebrews 9:1	Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:2	A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
Hebrews 9:3	Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Hebrews 9:4	containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Hebrews 9:5	Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
Hebrews 9:6	When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
Hebrews 9:7	But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
Hebrews 9:8	By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
Hebrews 9:9	It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
Hebrews 9:10	They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Hebrews 9:11	But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not of this creation.
Hebrews 9:12	He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:13	For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
Hebrews 9:14	how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:15	Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:16	In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
Hebrews 9:17	because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
Hebrews 9:18	That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
Hebrews 9:19	For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
Hebrews 9:20	saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
Hebrews 9:21	In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
Hebrews 9:22	According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Hebrews 9:23	So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24	For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Hebrews 9:25	Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
Hebrews 9:26	Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Hebrews 9:27	Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Hebrews 9:28	so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 10:1	For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Hebrews 10:2	If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
Hebrews 10:3	Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
Hebrews 10:4	because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:5	Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for me.
Hebrews 10:6	In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
Hebrews 10:7	Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Hebrews 10:8	In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
Hebrews 10:9	Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
Hebrews 10:10	And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:11	Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Hebrews 10:12	But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 10:13	Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
Hebrews 10:14	because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:15	The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
Hebrews 10:16	“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
Hebrews 10:17	Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
Hebrews 10:18	And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
Hebrews 10:19	Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:20	by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
Hebrews 10:21	and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Hebrews 10:22	let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:23	Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:24	And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Hebrews 10:25	Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:26	If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
Hebrews 10:27	but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
Hebrews 10:28	Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:29	How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:30	For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
Hebrews 10:31	It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:32	Remember the early days that you were in the light, when you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
Hebrews 10:33	Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
Hebrews 10:34	You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
Hebrews 10:35	So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Hebrews 10:36	You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:37	For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
Hebrews 10:38	But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Hebrews 10:39	But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews 11:1	Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:2	This is why the ancients were commended.
Hebrews 11:3	By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Hebrews 11:4	By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Hebrews 11:5	By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Hebrews 11:6	And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Hebrews 11:7	By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 11:8	By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Hebrews 11:9	By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Hebrews 11:10	For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Hebrews 11:11	By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 11:12	And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Hebrews 11:13	All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Hebrews 11:14	Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
Hebrews 11:15	If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
Hebrews 11:16	Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Hebrews 11:17	By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
Hebrews 11:18	even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Hebrews 11:19	Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Hebrews 11:20	By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
Hebrews 11:21	By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
Hebrews 11:22	By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
Hebrews 11:23	By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
Hebrews 11:24	By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Hebrews 11:25	He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Hebrews 11:26	He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
Hebrews 11:27	By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:28	By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
Hebrews 11:29	By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
Hebrews 11:30	By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
Hebrews 11:31	By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
Hebrews 11:32	And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
Hebrews 11:33	who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
Hebrews 11:34	quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
Hebrews 11:35	Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Hebrews 11:36	Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Hebrews 11:37	They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
Hebrews 11:38	The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Hebrews 11:39	These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
Hebrews 11:40	God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
Hebrews 12:1	Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Hebrews 12:2	Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:3	Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:4	In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Hebrews 12:5	And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Hebrews 12:6	For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Hebrews 12:7	Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
Hebrews 12:8	If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
Hebrews 12:9	Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Hebrews 12:10	Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
Hebrews 12:11	No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a peaceful harvest of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:12	Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Hebrews 12:13	Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be debilitated, but rather healed.
Hebrews 12:14	Pursue peace with all men, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:15	Be careful that no one falls short of the grace of God, so that no root of bitterness will spring up to cause trouble and defile many.
Hebrews 12:16	See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
Hebrews 12:17	For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
Hebrews 12:18	For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Hebrews 12:19	to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
Hebrews 12:20	For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
Hebrews 12:21	The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
Hebrews 12:22	Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Hebrews 12:23	in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the judge of all men, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Hebrews 12:24	to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 12:25	See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Hebrews 12:26	At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
Hebrews 12:27	The words, “Once more,” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
Hebrews 12:28	Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Hebrews 12:29	“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 13:1	Continue in brotherly love.
Hebrews 13:2	Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Hebrews 13:3	Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Hebrews 13:4	Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Hebrews 13:5	Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:6	So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:7	Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:8	Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:9	Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Hebrews 13:10	We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Hebrews 13:11	Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
Hebrews 13:12	And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
Hebrews 13:13	Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
Hebrews 13:14	For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Hebrews 13:15	Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Hebrews 13:16	And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:17	Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Hebrews 13:18	Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
Hebrews 13:19	And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
Hebrews 13:20	Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
Hebrews 13:21	equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:22	I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
Hebrews 13:23	Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
Hebrews 13:24	Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
Hebrews 13:25	Grace be with all of you.
1 Peter 1:1	Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
1 Peter 1:2	according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
1 Peter 1:3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:4	and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
1 Peter 1:5	who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:6	In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
1 Peter 1:7	so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:8	Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
1 Peter 1:9	now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:10	Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who foretold the grace to come to you, searched and investigated carefully,
1 Peter 1:11	trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
1 Peter 1:12	It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
1 Peter 1:13	Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:14	As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
1 Peter 1:15	But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
1 Peter 1:16	for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:17	Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
1 Peter 1:18	For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
1 Peter 1:19	but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
1 Peter 1:20	He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
1 Peter 1:21	Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 1:22	Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 Peter 1:23	For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:24	For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
1 Peter 1:25	but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
1 Peter 2:1	Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
1 Peter 2:2	Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
1 Peter 2:3	now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:4	As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
1 Peter 2:5	you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6	For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:7	To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
1 Peter 2:8	and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
1 Peter 2:9	But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10	Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:11	Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
1 Peter 2:12	Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
1 Peter 2:13	Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:14	or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
1 Peter 2:15	For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16	Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:17	Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 2:18	Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
1 Peter 2:19	For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
1 Peter 2:20	How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
1 Peter 2:21	For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
1 Peter 2:22	“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
1 Peter 2:23	When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
1 Peter 2:24	He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
1 Peter 2:25	For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 3:1	Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
1 Peter 3:2	when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
1 Peter 3:3	Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
1 Peter 3:4	but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:5	For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were subject to their husbands,
1 Peter 3:6	just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to quiver in fear.
1 Peter 3:7	Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:8	Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tender-hearted and humble.
1 Peter 3:9	Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:10	For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
1 Peter 3:11	He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:12	For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:13	Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
1 Peter 3:14	But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
1 Peter 3:15	But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that you have. But respond with gentleness and respect,
1 Peter 3:16	keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
1 Peter 3:17	For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:18	For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 3:19	in which He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
1 Peter 3:20	who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
1 Peter 3:21	And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 3:22	who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
1 Peter 4:1	Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
1 Peter 4:2	Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:3	For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
1 Peter 4:4	Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.
1 Peter 4:5	But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1 Peter 4:6	That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1 Peter 4:7	The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
1 Peter 4:8	Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:9	Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
1 Peter 4:10	As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
1 Peter 4:11	If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:12	Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:13	But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
1 Peter 4:14	If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
1 Peter 4:15	Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
1 Peter 4:16	But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
1 Peter 4:17	For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
1 Peter 4:18	And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
1 Peter 4:19	So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
1 Peter 5:1	As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
1 Peter 5:2	Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
1 Peter 5:3	not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:4	And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
1 Peter 5:5	Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6	Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
1 Peter 5:7	Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:8	Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:9	Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
1 Peter 5:10	And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:11	To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:12	Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
1 Peter 5:13	The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
1 Peter 5:14	Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
2 Peter 1:1	Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Peter 1:2	Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:3	His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
2 Peter 1:4	Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter 1:5	For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
2 Peter 1:6	and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
2 Peter 1:7	and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
2 Peter 1:8	For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9	But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter 1:10	Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
2 Peter 1:11	and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:12	Therefore, I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
2 Peter 1:13	I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
2 Peter 1:14	since I know that it will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
2 Peter 1:15	And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.
2 Peter 1:16	For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2 Peter 1:17	For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
2 Peter 1:18	And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
2 Peter 1:19	We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
2 Peter 1:20	Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
2 Peter 1:21	For no prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 2:1	Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 2:2	Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
2 Peter 2:3	In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
2 Peter 2:4	For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
2 Peter 2:5	if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
2 Peter 2:6	if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
2 Peter 2:7	and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
2 Peter 2:8	(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
2 Peter 2:9	if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
2 Peter 2:10	Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, these men are unafraid to slander angelic majesties.
2 Peter 2:11	Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
2 Peter 2:12	These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
2 Peter 2:13	The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
2 Peter 2:14	Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
2 Peter 2:15	They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
2 Peter 2:16	But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
2 Peter 2:17	These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
2 Peter 2:18	With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
2 Peter 2:19	They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
2 Peter 2:20	If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
2 Peter 2:21	It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
2 Peter 2:22	Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
2 Peter 3:1	Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
2 Peter 3:2	by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
2 Peter 3:3	Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
2 Peter 3:4	“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
2 Peter 3:5	But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
2 Peter 3:6	through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
2 Peter 3:7	And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:8	Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
2 Peter 3:9	The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:10	But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
2 Peter 3:11	Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
2 Peter 3:12	as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
2 Peter 3:13	But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:14	Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him, without spot or blemish.
2 Peter 3:15	Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
2 Peter 3:16	He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
2 Peter 3:17	Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
2 Peter 3:18	But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.