Blameless (298) (amometos from a = without + momáomai = to find fault with, censure or blame from momos = blemish as a moral blemish, reproach, disgrace) means literally without rebuke. Unblemished. Faultless. One who cannot be censured. The idea is one who is irreproachable and who cannot even be be blamed because he is amomos (without blemish and free of defect which was a requirement the OT sacrificial animal) and without blame (see note on amomos in Philippians 2:15). Amometos in this context describes the state of blamelessness of believers at the Judgment Seat of Christ ("found by Him" by Christ the Judge) Amometos is used only here in the NT (not used in LXX). Spotless and blameless are the exact opposite of the character of the false teachers who were "stains (spilos) and blemishes (momos)" (see note on momos 2 Peter 2:13)! If you have time to do an interesting study Click the 45 uses of blameless (the English word as used in both the OT and the NT). You may be surprised at what you discover. Spotless and blameless speak respectively of character (what we are in reality, before God's eyes) and reputation (what people think we are). A spotless character is what we as believers are to manifest so that there is no "blotch" in our life. A blameless reputation is the other side of what a believer is to manifest. Believers are to be pure in their reputation. These two attributes that are to be ours when Christ returns mean that we need to deal with the sins in our lives, and live holy, set apart lives. We must know what sins we have committed, detest them as abominable before a holy God, confess them before Him, continually pursue holiness (He 12:14-note), continually abstain from situations we know will tempt us to commit sin (1Pe 2:11-note; 1Th 4:3-note; Ro 13:14-note), continually allow the Word of Christ to richly dwell in us (Col 3:16-note) which as we obey will assure we are filled with the Spirit (Ep 5:18-Ephesians 5:18 - you can test whether or not you are filled by comparing the lists of sins and fruit in Gal 5:19, 20, 21-note, Gal 5:22, 23-note), by Whom we are to continually walk, and thereby be empowered to not fulfill the desires of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-note). As we conduct ourselves in this way, we will be able to maintain a pure life, which ideally is the state the Lord will find us in when He returns. Beloved, since we as believers are destined for eternal purity and eternal glory, we ought to discipline ourselves for godliness and strive to live in purity in our hearts and in our deeds even now. As we anticipate the coming of Christ, we ought to be, characterized by "anticipation, pacification, purification". As Albert Barnes wrote A deep feeling that we are soon to stand in the presence of a holy God, our final Judge, cannot but have a happy influence in making us pure. (cf Eph 5;27-note, Col 1:22-note, 1Th 5:23-note). This concluding exhortation by Peter reminds us of John's description of Christ's Bride the Church who is being prepared for the imminent return of her Bridegroom... Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. (see notes Rev 19:7; 19:8) Diligent Men “If I had three hundred men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and him crucified, I would set the world on fire.” (John Wesley) “Send us men with hot hearts.” (Heathen convert) John Wesley was denied the privilege of preaching from the pulpit in the church; but with true evangelistic fervor took his father’s tomb for a pulpit and preached to the people the great truths of full salvation. Whitefield loved field preaching. Returning from a tour he lighted a candle and went upstairs to retire, weary after the journey; but the people gathered in front of the house and filled the street; and there on the stairway with a lighted candle in his hand, he preached his last message, retired and was no more; for God took him. John Wesley averaged three sermons a day for fifty-four years preaching all-told more than 44,000 times. In doing this he traveled by horseback and carriage more than 200,000 miles, or about 5,000 miles a year. His published words include a four-volume commentary on the whole Bible, a dictionary of the English language, a five-volume work on natural philosophy, a four-volume work on church history; histories of England and Rome; grammars on the Hebrew, Latin, Greek, French and English languages; three works on medicine, six volumes of church music; seven volumes of sermons and controversial papers. He also edited a library of fifty volumes known as “The Christian Library.” He was greatly devoted to pastoral work. Later, he had the care of “all the churches” upon him. He arose at 4:00 A.M., and worked solidly through to 10:00 P.M., allowing brief periods for meals. In the midst of all this work he declared: “I have more hours of private retirement than any man in England.” At age 83, he was piqued to discover that he could not write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes; and at the age of 86 he was ashamed to admit that he could not preach more than twice a day. In his 86th year, he preached in almost every shire in England and Wales, and often rode thirty to fifty miles a day. John Knox, who cried out in his earnestness, “Give me Scotland or I die,” carried with him this zeal to the close of his ministry. Often he would be supported by attendants in order to reach the pulpit; but when he arose to speak the divine passion so filled his soul that one of his friends said: “So mighty was he in his yearning that I thought he would break the pulpit into bits.“ 2 Peter 3:15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, (NASB: Lockman) Greek: kai ten tou kuriou hemon makrothumian soterion hegeisthe, (2PPAM) kathos kai o agapetos hemon adelphos Paulos kata ten dotheisan (APPFSA) auto sophian egrapsen (3SAAI) humin Amplified: And consider that the long-suffering of our Lord [His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world] is salvation (that which is conducive to the soul's safety), even as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the spiritual insight given him, (Amplified Bible - Lockman) NET: And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, (NET Bible) NLT: And remember, the Lord is waiting so that people have time to be saved. This is just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him-- (NLT - Tyndale House) Phillips: Meanwhile, consider that God's patience is meant to be man's salvation, as our dear brother Paul pointed out in his letter to you, written out of the wisdom God gave him. (Phillips: Touchstone) Wuest: And the long-suffering of our Lord, consider it as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you, (Eerdmans) Young's Literal: and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you, AND REGARD THE PATIENCE OF OUR LORD TO BE SALVATION: kai ten tou kuriou hemon makrothumian soterian hegeisthe (PAM): (2Pe 3:9; Ro 2:4; 1Ti 1:16; 1Pe 3:20) And (kai) closely links this exhortation with the preceding. A correct assessment of the Parousia will stimulate their quest for personal holiness. While eagerly looking for the return of the Lord Jesus, the readers (including us) must not become impatient and like those in (2Pe 3:9-note) wrongly interpret the delay, concluding that the failure of the Lord to return as expected is proof that such a hope is delusion (2Pe 3:3, 4). God had every reason long ago to judge the world and burn up its works, but in His mercy, He is long-suffering with us, “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” This is "the acceptable time, behold now is the day of salvation" (2Cor 6:2), not the "day of judgment". (6x in Scripture -Matt. 10:15; 11:22, 24; 12:36; 2 Pet. 2:9; 3:7; 1 Jn. 4:17). Believers must have a different attitude and "consider that the long-suffering of our Lord [His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world] is salvation (that which is conducive to the soul's safety)," (Amplified).