Peter's Second Letter, Chapter 1
{1:1} Simon Peter, a servant and emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, to
those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the
righteousness of our God and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah: {1:2} Grace
to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Yeshua
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 Yeshua the Messiah. {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, Yeshua the Messiah.
{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 Yeshua the Messiah 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 Yeshua the Messiah, 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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