This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,
Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—
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