2 Peter 1:4

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2 Peter 1:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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.

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.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;

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And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

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Hebrews 8:11

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Hebrews 8:12

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

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children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

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to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

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and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

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They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

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