For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well. | For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake. |
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
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So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. | So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. | His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. |
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor. | The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor. |
Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature. | By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. |
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God. | But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. |
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. | Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. | For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. |