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3:14-18 Concluding Exhortations. To obtain the final reward, believers must live a godly life and resist the sexual permissiveness of false teachers (cf. 1:5-11).

3:14 Concerning Diligence. Peter calls his readers beloved for the third of four times in this chapter (cf. vv. 1, 8, 17). In light of the Lord's return, Christians are to be diligent to be found without spot or blemish (doctrinally and morally pure), thereby receiving the full reward of eternal life. This is in stark contrast to the spiritual condition of the wicked (2:10b-22, esp. v. 22).