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ἓν en • one

δὲ de • But

τοῦτο touto • thing

μὴ mē • not

λανθανέτω lanthanetō • be hid

ὑμᾶς umas • you

ἀγαπητοί, agapētoi • beloved

ὅτι oti • that

μία mia • one

ἡμέρα ēmera • day

παρὰ para • with

κυρίῳ kuriō • Lord

ὡς ōs • like

χίλια chilia • thousand

ἔτη etē • years

καὶ kai • and

χίλια chilia • thousand

ἔτη etē • years

ὡς ōs • like

ἡμέρα ēmera • day

μία. mia • one

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οὐ ou • not

βραδύνει bradunei • slow

κύριος kurios • Lord

τῆς tēs • the

ἐπαγγελίας, epangelias • promise

ὥς ōs • as

τινες tines • some

βραδύτητα bradutēta • slowness

ἡγοῦνται ēgountai • count

ἀλλὰ alla • but

μακροθυμεῖ makrothumei • patient

εἰς eis • toward

ὑμᾶς, umas • you

μὴ mē • not

βουλόμενός boulomenos • wishing

τινας tinas • some

ἀπολέσθαι apolesthai • perish

ἀλλὰ alla • but

πάντας pantas • all

εἰς eis • toward

μετάνοιαν metanoian • repentance

χωρῆσαι. chōrēsai • come

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ἥξει ēxei • come

δὲ de • also

ἡμέρα ēmera • day

κυρίου kuriou • Lord

ὡς ōs • like

κλέπτης kleptēs • thief

ἐν en • in

ᾗ ē • the

οἱ oi • the

οὐρανοὶ ouranoi • heavens

ῥοιζηδὸν roizēdon • roar

παρελεύσονται pareleusontai • pass by

στοιχεῖα stoicheia • elements

δὲ de • also

καυσούμενα kausoumena • heat

λυθήσεται luthēsetai • destroyed

καὶ kai • and

γῆ gē • earth

καὶ kai • and

τὰ ta • the

ἐν en • in

αὐτῇ autē • herself

ἔργα erga • works

εὑρεθήσεται. eurethēsetai • find

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τούτων toutōn • things

οὕτως outōs • after that

πάντων pantōn • all

λυομένων luomenōn • destroyed

ποταποὺς potapous • manner

δεῖ dei • ought

ὑπάρχειν uparchein • be

ὑμᾶς umas • you

ἐν en • in

ἁγίαις agiais • holy

ἀναστροφαῖς anastrophais • conduct

καὶ kai • and

εὐσεβείαις, eusebeiais • godliness

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προσδοκῶντας prosdokōntas • looking

καὶ kai • and

σπεύδοντας speudontas • hastening

τὴν tēn • the

παρουσίαν parousian • coming

τῆς tēs • the

τοῦ tou • the

θεοῦ theou • God

ἡμέρας ēmeras • day

δι' di • because

ἣν ēn • which

οὐρανοὶ ouranoi • heavens

πυρούμενοι puroumenoi • burning

λυθήσονται luthēsontai • destroyed

καὶ kai • and

στοιχεῖα stoicheia • elements

καυσούμενα kausoumena • heat

τήκεται. tēketai • melt

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καινοὺς kainous • new

δὲ de • Nevertheless

οὐρανοὺς ouranous • heavens

καὶ kai • and

γῆν gēn • earth

καινὴν kainēn • new

κατὰ kata • according

τὸ to • the

ἐπάγγελμα epangelma • promise

αὐτοῦ autou • his

προσδοκῶμεν, prosdokōmen • looking

ἐν en • wherein

οἷς ois • which

δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē • righteousness

κατοικεῖ. katoikei • dwells

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Διό, dio • therefore

ἀγαπητοί, agapētoi • beloved

ταῦτα tauta • things

προσδοκῶντες prosdokōntes • look

σπουδάσατε spoudasate • diligent

ἄσπιλοι aspiloi • spotless

καὶ kai • and

ἀμώμητοι amōmētoi • blameless

αὐτῷ autō • him

εὑρεθῆναι eurethēnai • found

ἐν en • in

εἰρήνῃ. eirēnē • peace

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καὶ kai • also

τὴν tēn • the

τοῦ tou • the

κυρίου kuriou • Lord

ἡμῶν ēmōn • our

μακροθυμίαν makrothumian • patience

σωτηρίαν sōtērian • salvation

ἡγεῖσθε ēgeisthe • regard

καθὼς kathōs • just as

καὶ kai • also

ὁ o • the

ἀγαπητὸς agapētos • beloved

ἡμῶν ēmōn • our

ἀδελφὸς adelphos • brother

Παῦλος paulos • Paul

κατὰ kata • according

τὴν tēn • the

δοθεῖσαν dotheisan • given

αὐτῷ autō • him

σοφίαν sophian • wisdom

ἔγραψεν egrapsen • wrote

ὑμῖν, umin • you

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ὡς ōs • as

καὶ kai • also

ἐν en • in

πάσαις pasais • all

ἐπιστολαῖς epistolais • letters

λαλῶν lalōn • speaking

ἐν en • in

αὐταῖς autais • them

περὶ peri • of

τούτων, toutōn • things

ἐν en • in

αἷς ais • which

ἐστιν estin • are

δυσνόητά dusnoēta • hard to understand

τινα, tina • things

ἃ a • which

οἱ oi • the

ἀμαθεῖς amatheis • untaught

καὶ kai • also

ἀστήρικτοι astēriktoi • unstable

στρεβλοῦσιν streblousin • distort

ὡς ōs • as

καὶ kai • also

τὰς tas • the

λοιπὰς loipas • rest

γραφὰς graphas • Scriptures

πρὸς pros • unto

τὴν tēn • the

ἰδίαν idian • own

αὐτῶν autōn • himself

ἀπώλειαν. apōleian • destruction

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ὑμεῖς umeis • you

οὖν, oun • therefore

ἀγαπητοί, agapētoi • beloved

προγινώσκοντες proginōskontes • before

φυλάσσεσθε, phulassesthe • guard

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