Reltztrah,

CONTEXT, Context, context! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If the text itself isn't clear enough, e.g., "spotless", "blameless" and "in peace", verse 11 sets the topic of what Peter is addressing:

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2 Peter 3:11 (ASV) "Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be <span style="background-color:yellow">in [all] holy living and godliness,</span>"
Peter's primary teaching is that there is a day coming when all men will have to stand before God and give an account of their lives. (vs 7) The earth as we now know it will be burned up and a New Heaven and New Earth will be ushered in, upon which the children of God will dwell forever. Knowing this, he says, it is incumbent upon all those who name the name of the Lord to conduct them properly now, living lives that are holy. The "externals" which you mention, e.g., praying, reading Scripture, attending worship, etc., are not specifically addressed. What is in focus is one's personal holiness as befits believers.

In His grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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