G2532–καί–kai

Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.

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And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

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My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

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Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.

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Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

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So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

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For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

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Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.

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But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

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And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

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But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

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Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

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For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

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So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

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You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

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Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

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Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “also”