Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
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- WEB Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
- BSB Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- NKJV Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
- NASB Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace,
- NLT And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.
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Quick answer
Since believers await these things, they should be diligent to be found by Christ at peace, without spot and blameless. It matters because the hope of Christ's coming calls for present purity and peace.
Overview
Peter applies the hope of the new creation to daily life: live so as to be found blameless. The terms 'without defect and blameless' contrast sharply with the false teachers who were 'spots and defects.' Diligent pursuit of holiness and peace is the fitting response to the coming day.
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- 1 Th 5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Th 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- Phil 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
- 2 Pet 1:5–10And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
- 1 Cor 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Phil 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Heb 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
- Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
- Jas 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- Matt 24:26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
- Phil 3:20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
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