Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by 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.
- KJV Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- BSB Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- 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 5:23May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Th 3:13to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
- Phil 1:10so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- 1 Jn 3:3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
- 2 Pet 1:5–10Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;
- 1 Cor 1:8who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Phil 2:15that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- Heb 9:28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
- Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
- Luke 2:29“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
- Jas 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- Matt 24:26If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.
- Phil 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
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