2 Peter 1
Growth in Christian Virtue
1 ▼▼One early ms Simeon
Simon Peter, a bbond-servant and capostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received da faith of the same ▼▼Or value
kind as ours, ▼▼Or in
by gthe righteousness of hour God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 iGrace and peace be multiplied to you in jthe knowledge of God and of Jesus ▼▼Or our Lord. Since His...excellence, through these (vv 3-4)
our Lord, 3for His ldivine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true mknowledge of Him who ncalled us ▼▼Or to
by His own glory and ▼▼Or virtue
excellence. 4Through ▼▼Lit which
these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent rpromises, so that by them you may become spartakers of the divine nature, having tescaped the ucorruption that is in vthe world on account of lust. 5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith wsupply xmoral ▼▼Or virtue
excellence, and in your moral excellence, zknowledge, 6and in your knowledge, aaself-control, and in your self-control, abperseverance, and in your perseverance, acgodliness, 7and in your godliness, adbrotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor aeunproductive in the true afknowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For the one who lacks these qualities is agblind or short-sighted, having forgotten his ahpurification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His aicalling and ajchoice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never akstumble; 11for in this way the entrance into althe eternal kingdom of our amLord and Savior Jesus Christ will be anabundantly aosupplied to you. 12 Therefore, apI will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in aqthe truth which is present with you. 13I consider it arright, as long as I am in asthis earthly ▼▼I.e., human body
dwelling, to austir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that avthe laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, awas also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my axdeparture you will be able to call these things to mind. Eyewitnesses
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised aytales when we made known to you the azpower and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were baeyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a ▼▼Lit voice
bcdeclaration as this was made to Him by the bdMajestic Glory: “This is ▼▼Or My Son, My beloved, with
My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this ▼▼Lit voice
declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the bgholy mountain. 19 And so we have bhthe prophetic word made more bisure, to which you do well to pay attention as to bja lamp shining in a dark place, until the bkday dawns and the blmorning star arises bmin your hearts. 20But bnknow this first of all, that bono prophecy of Scripture ▼▼Or comes from someone’s
becomes a matter of ▼▼Or the prophet’s own
someone’s own interpretation, 21for brno prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men bsmoved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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