2 Peter 1
1 This letter comes from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who share with us the same priceless trust in our God and Savior Jesus Christ, the one who is truly good and right.
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:
2 May you have ever more grace and peace as you grow in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
may grace and peace be multiplied to you through a real knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus,
3 Through his divine power we have been given everything that's important to live a God-centered life. This comes through knowing him who called us to himself by his own glory and goodness. In this way he's given us wonderful, priceless promises.
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,
4 Through these promises you can share in the divine nature, being rid of the corruption caused by this world's evil desires.
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.
5 For this same reason, do everything you can! Add to your trust in God, goodness; add to goodness, knowledge;
So for this very reason, making every effort, to your faith add excellence, and to the excellence knowledge,
6 add to knowledge, self-control; add to self-control, patience; add to patience, reverence;
and to the knowledge self-control, and to the self-control perseverance, and to the perseverance godliness,
7 add to reverence, affection for fellow-believers, add to affection for fellow-believers, love.
and to the godliness brotherly affection, and to the brotherly affection love.
8 The more you have these qualities, the more they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
9 For anyone who doesn't have such qualities is short-sighted, or blind. They forget that they've been cleansed from their past sins.
For he who lacks these things is blind, being so myopic, having forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
10 So, brothers and sisters, be all the more determined to make sure you are truly “called and chosen.” If you do this, you won't ever fall.
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.
11 You will receive a tremendous welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
Because in this way you will be granted the abundant entrance into the unending kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 That's why I always remind you about these things, even though you know them already, and you stand firm in the truth that you possess.
So then, I will not neglect to keep reminding you about these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
13 But I still think it's a good idea to encourage you by giving you reminders while I live.
Yes, I think it right to stir you up by a reminder, as long as I am in this ‘tent’,
14 I know the time when I shall leave this life will be coming soon— our Lord Jesus Christ has made this clear to me.
knowing that the shedding of my ‘tent’ is imminent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 I will do my best so that when I'm gone you will always be able to remember these things.
Moreover I will take pains to provide a reminder of these things for you to have, as needed, after my exit.
16 We didn't follow made-up myths when we told you about the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ—we saw his majesty for ourselves.
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
17 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice of majestic glory spoke to him and announced, “This is my Son, the one I love, and who truly pleases me.”
—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”—
18 We ourselves heard this voice speak from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
yes, we heard this Voice being uttered from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19 We also have the confirming word of prophecy that's absolutely trustworthy, and you will benefit from paying close attention to it. It's like a lamp that shines in a dark place until the day dawns, and the morning star shines to illuminate your minds.
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;
20 Most of all you should realize that no prophecy of scripture is a matter for interpretation based on the whims of an individual,
knowing this first, that no Prophecy of Scripture comes to be from private release;
21 for no prophecy originated in human ideas, but prophets spoke for God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
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.
