Peter's Second Letter, Chapter 1
{1:1} Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those
who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness
of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: {1:2} Grace to you and peace be
multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, {1:3} seeing
that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to
life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his
own glory and virtue; {1:4} by which he has granted to us his precious
and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption
that is in the world by lust. {1:5} Yes, and for this very cause
adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral
excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; {1:6} and in
knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience
godliness; {1:7} and in godliness brotherly affection; and in
brotherly affection, love. {1:8} For if these things are yours and
abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ. {1:9} For he who lacks these things is
blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from
his old sins. {1:10} Therefore, [1>]brothers,[<1] be more diligent to
make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you
will never stumble. {1:11} For thus you will be richly supplied with
the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ.
{1:12} Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these
things, though you know them, and are established in the present
truth. {1:13} I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir
you up by reminding you; {1:14} knowing that the putting off of my
tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
{1:15} Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to
remember these things even after my departure. {1:16} For we did not
follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his
majesty. {1:17} For he received from God the Father honor and glory,
when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."[2] {1:18} We heard this voice
come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
{1:19} We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that
you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day
dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts: {1:20} knowing this
first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.
{1:21} For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of
God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:10} The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may
also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
[2] {1:17} Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
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