2 Peter 1
1 Simon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us the same kind of faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Symeon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them who have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 may grace and peace be multiplied to you through a real knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus,
Favor and peace be multiplied to you, through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
3 in that His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the real knowledge of the One who called us by glory and excellence,
As his divine power has gifted to us all things which are necessary to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue.
4 through which He has granted to us such precious and extraordinary promises, so that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the depravity that is in the world because of lust.
On account of which, the greatest and most precious promises are freely given to us, that by these we might be made partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world, through lust.
5 So for this very reason, making every effort, to your faith add excellence, and to the excellence knowledge,
And for this very reason, indeed, giving all diligence, add to your faith, courage; and to courage, knowledge;
6 and to the knowledge self-control, and to the self-control perseverance, and to the perseverance godliness,
and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness;
7 and to the godliness brotherly affection, and to the brotherly affection love.
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love:
8 Because with these things existing and increasing in you, it makes you to be neither useless nor unfruitful in the real knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these things is blind, being so myopic, having forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
But he who has not these things, is blind, shutting his eyes, having become forgetful of the purification of his old sins.
10 Therefore, brothers, you should be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.
Wherefore, the rather, brethren, earnestly endeavor to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, you shall never fall;
11 Because in this way you will be granted the abundant entrance into the unending kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
and thus there shall be richly ministered to you, an entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 So then, I will not neglect to keep reminding you about these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
Wherefore, I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of these things, although you know, and are established in the present truth.
13 Yes, I think it right to stir you up by a reminder, as long as I am in this ‘tent’,
Yes, I think it fit, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance;
14 knowing that the shedding of my ‘tent’ is imminent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
knowing, that the putting off of this, my tabernacle, is soon to happen, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me.
15 Moreover I will take pains to provide a reminder of these things for you to have, as needed, after my exit.
Therefore, I will carefully endeavor that you may be able, after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.
16 Now then, we did not follow craftily devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; rather we were attentive eyewitnesses of His majesty
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his grandeur;
17 —because He received from God the Father honor and glory when that Voice was directed to Him by the Magnificent Glory, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am always well pleased”—
for when he received from God the Father honor and glory, a vice to this effect came to him from the magnificent glory, "This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I delight."
18 yes, we heard this Voice being uttered from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
And this voice we heard come from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain:
19 And so we have the most reliable prophetic Word, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
so we have the prophetic word more firm; to which you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts.
20 knowing this first, that no Prophecy of Scripture comes to be from private release;
Knowing this first, that no prophecy brought by the will of man;
21 for no Prophecy ever came by the will of man, rather holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
but the holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
