“Yahweh, who dares to dwell with you? Who presumes the privilege of being close to you, living next to you in your shining place of glory?
- They are passionate and wholehearted,
- always sincere and always speaking the truth—for their hearts are trustworthy.
- They refuse to slander or insult others;
- they’ll never listen to gossip or rumors, nor would they ever harm a friend with their words.
- They will despise evil and evil workers while commending the faithful ones who follow after the truth.
- They make firm commitments and follow through, even at great cost.
- They never crush others with exploitation and they would never be bought with a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things will never be shaken; they will stand firm forever.
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence,
- add to your faith virtue,
- to virtue knowledge,
- to knowledge self-control,
- to self-control perseverance,
- to perseverance godliness,
- to godliness brotherly kindness,
- and to brotherly kindness love.
For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
{Psalm 15; 2 Peter 1:5-11}